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Segment 4, June 24th, 2023
Host of the Carolina Outdoors reports on news from the Big Rock Marlin Tournament. The biggest fish of the tournament meant $3.5 million dollars at the 65th year of the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament. The captain, crew, & owner of the Sensation knew they had a fish that could win it all. They had landed a fish that weighed 619+ lbs. This meant that there would be a 500-plus pound bonus of $700,000 as well as the $2.7+ million prize money.
However, at the weigh-in a “superficial” wound on the fish called for disqualification. Which meant no prize money & the win went to the boat Sushi. The crew of Sushi, which brought in a 484.5-pound blue marlin, won first place in the tournament – as well as prize money totaling $2,769,438.
Photos of the fish showed that it was missing a portion of its underside, near the tail. Although the captain and crew stated that they hadn’t noticed this at all during the fish fight & time bringing the fish into the weigh-in.
“This decision is consistent with prior decisions made by the tournament in similar circumstances over the last 65 years,” the tournament stated.