Though the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament ended up yesterday evening at Morehead City, N.C. with a lot of blues released on the final day, none were big enough to be brought to the scales — except possibly for one being fought into overtime on Sensation. As it turned out, that 2:15 hook-up turned into a Marathon battle carrying on for over six hours.

Yet, that wasn’t the end of the excitement. A crowd turned out to watch the weigh-in in the middle of the night, and that blue blew away the leaders at 619.4 pounds — which would not only win over $2 million, but also the big prize for the first blue over 500 pounds. Yet, there was one problem as two shark bites were spotted. According to both IGFA and tournament rules, mutilated fish are not eligible. A decision in this case was put off until today, and I haven’t been able to get any info on that so far.

Up to that point, the leaderboard was topped by Sushi at 484.5 pounds, followed by Chasin’ A at 479.8, C-Student with a 470.2-pounder, Sea Toy at 463.7 – and Predator with a 459-pounder.

There were also some changes in other species, including Skip Hook’s 59.3-pound dolphin that hadn’t been challenged all week falling to a 67.7-pounder on Offshore Outlaw. Waldor’s Ark led through the week with a 59.7-pound wahoo , but Double B took over at 70.5 pounds.

Tuna had been scarce all week, but High Yield’s 42.8 pound leader was pushed aside on the last day by 48.8 and 52.5 pounders on Odyssey — and a winning 52.8 on Reel Priority.

The awards haven’t been finalized as yet, but I’ll add info when received.

Monday’s forecast is for northeast winds at just 5-10 knots before switching to southeast in the afternoon.

The C-Witch crew with their winning fluke in the JCAA Fluke Tournament Waretown port

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