by Pending the results of today’s weigh-ins, which I’ll be reporting on after the scales close, the 50th Anniversary White Marlin Open out of Ocean City, Md. has had no entries in the two big money categories for white marlin and blue marlin. If that continues, the million- dollar winner will come from the tuna category. At present, that would be Chris Mentlik, who caught a 247.5-pound bigeye tuna yesterday from his Fishlik.
If all this seems familiar, it’s much like what happened at the end last year before Billfisher broke the ice on white marlin with a 77.5-pounder for $4.4 million- and Cabana added a 511-pound blue for $960,000.
The standards are high, as blues have to be 114 inches in order to be weighed. Whites have a double standard, with 70 inches in length plus a 70-pound minimum. There’s also a swordfish category with a 60-inch minimum for which there have been no entries.
The dolphin leader is up to a 31-pounder by Maverick, and wahoo is led by Shooting Star at 57 pounds.
Fortunately, the weather looks fishable on Friday as practically the entire 400-boat fleet will be fishing. The present southwest blow will switch to a light northwest by morning.
Kil Song was testing rods on Montauk fluke aboard the Ebb Tide yesterday.
Tight Lines 
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