Offshore tournament anglers usually want to fish the last day when there may be some soft spots on the leader boards which could determine where and how to fish in those last hours.

However, weather conditions resulted in all but 11 boats using up their three days by Thursday, while those out to sea today have to struggle with rough seas. As a result, we aren’t expecting any big changes this evening — though you never know!

There don’t seem to be any real soft spots left as bigger fish scrambled both the white marlin and tuna standings. Viking 80C had looked good with a 70-pound white, but they’re all the way down to fifth now as Common Sense is looking very good with the huge 87-pound leader.Tthere was a mistake in last night’s blog as Boss Hoog weighed a 76-pounder at the last minute to take second ahead of Catch 23 with a 75-pounder.

Chip Caruso’s 889-pound blue marlin would be a very worthy winner, but in 2021 Billfisher upset the apple cart on the last day with a 1135-pounder.

The dolphin leader at 45 pounds on Liquidity is a good bet, but the wahoo category is somewhat below the usual winning size as Y-Knot leads at 56 pounds.

The largest bigeyes seemed to show up yesterday. Talkin Trash boated a 253-pounder that fell just one pound short of the tournament record set by Bernard and Drew Dinardi on their Absolut-ly in 1993. They added a 195-pounder, but The Right Place at 234 and Taylor Jean at 216 pounds took over second and third.

MidAtlantic media man Jeff Merrill noted that famed bigeye boat MJ’S was one of those who sailed today. I’ll have an update on the millions won later tonight.

The small craft advisory extends through tonight. Tomorrow’s forecast is for west winds at 5-10 knots with a chance of showers.

Chuck Many continues to do a job on a variety of fish in Hilton Head ponds. See photo at bottom of page.

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