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Team Sushi’s 2021 White Marlin Open Win

August 13, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

A big win and a handshake with Jimmy Motsko. Photo courtesy Charley Pereira

By Nichole Osinski

You would be hard pressed to find two tournament wins that happened the exact same way. Between crew dynamic, trusted tackle, coveted fishing grounds and everything in between, the team that wrangles in that sweet prize-winning fish has their own unique story. This rings true for the team aboard the Sushi, a 57’ Island Boat Works, after angler Butch Wright reeled in an 85.5-pound white marlin earning them a first place spot and $3.2 million at the 48th White Marlin Open at the beginning of August. 

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Fishing, News, Tournament Results Tagged With: 2021 white marlin open, billfishing, Offshore Fishing, White Marlin, White Marlin Open

82.5-pound White Marlin Worth $4.9 Million Caught at White Marlin Open

August 3, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

White Marlin Open, Aug. 3, 2021—The $9.2 million purse has already started to be divided up after only one day of fishing. The purse is, as expected, weighed more heavily to billfish categories and two Virginia Beach boats are holding onto $5,700,000 of that purse after day 1 of 2021 the White Marlin Open.  

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Filed Under: Fishing, General News, News, Press Releases, Tournament Results Tagged With: billfishing, maryland fishing, Offshore Fishing, White Marlin, White Marlin Open

2020 AIRMAR East Coast Division Captain of the Year Capt. Russell Sinclair, Wave Paver

February 16, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

wave paver crew on the water

Photo courtesy Steve Momot

White Marlin Open, 1st Place Release – 500 pts.
MidAtlantic, Most Points Overall – 500 pts.

It never hurts to have a former champ in the driver’s seat and for the third time in five years, Capt. Russell Sinclair of Merritt Island, Florida, has earned a coveted Captain of the Year Cup. And with his 2020 showing, Sinclair is the first captain to win different divisions. With tournaments being forced to shutter across the globe, this was unlike any fishing season anyone had ever experienced. “So, we started last year in March and had some great fishing in the Abacos. We had two trips down there. And right before the closure, we moved the boat back to the U.S. and we sat there waiting during the whole quarantine thing to see what to do with our season. We wanted to go down to St. Thomas and fish the BVI and USVI, but we finally just pulled the plug on everything and went to the Northeast. We kinda weren’t supposed to be there,” Sinclair says.

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Filed Under: Captain of the Year, Crew, Featured Stories, People Tagged With: Captain of the Year, Captain Russell Sinclair, midatlantic tournament, Wave Paver, White Marlin Open

The Best and Worst Fish of My Life

November 16, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

Captain Ricky Wheeler and mate Stephen Bowen

By Keith Bowen

During the 2017 WMO, I fished with Capt. Ricky Wheeler on the Exile 65 Paul Mann out of The Canyon Club Marina in Cape May, NJ. After a classic crashing teaser bite, a plug was pitched on an 80W standup combo and it was ‘game on’ with a decent sized Blue Marlin. I quickly got in my Smitty Built harness and got ready for a fight. Between fishing in Costa Rica and New Jersey, I had caught about 20 Blue Marlin in the past but after one jump, it was clear this was my biggest to date. Everyone was extremely excited during the controlled chaos as there had not yet been a blue weighed in and we were in the right Calcutta’s.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Crew, Featured Stories, Fishing, People Tagged With: captain ricky wheeler, fishing advice, Offshore Fishing, White Marlin Open

Canyon Blues Weighs Third Largest Whitey in White Marlin Open History

August 10, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

Photo courtesy White Marlin Open

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Filed Under: Captain of the Year, General News, News, Press Releases, Tournament Results Tagged With: White Marlin, White Marlin Open, white marlin record, whitey

White Marlin Open: Four White Marlin on Day 4

August 7, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: General News, News, Tournament Results Tagged With: COTY, ocean city tournament, White Marlin, White Marlin Open

White Marlin Open Tournament Dates Extended by Two Days

August 3, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News, Press Releases Tagged With: 2020 white marlin open, Ocean City, tropical storm isaias, White Marlin Open

White Marlin Open Tournament Extended Until Aug. 9

July 30, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: ocean city tournament, tropical storm, White Marlin Open, WMO

Canyon Club Marina Dockage Available – Cape May, New Jersey

July 23, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News, Press Releases Tagged With: canyon club marina, ocean city marlin & tuna club offshore open, the midatlantic, White Marlin Open, yacht club of stone harbor marlin tournament

Viking 80 to Serve as This Summer’s Viking Demonstrator

July 21, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

Photo courtesy Viking Yachts

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, News, Press Releases Tagged With: pirates cove, Splash report, viking 80, viking boatworks, White Marlin Open

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