36th Annual White Marlin Open
Registration for the 36th Annual White Marlin Open is now open! Register online or download and mail your entry blank. Fishing will be August 3-7, 2009. Over 300 boats are expected to vie for over $2.5 million in prize money!
Rule Update: Virginia Departures Allowed
Boats are allowed to leave from Wachapreague, VA in addition to Ocean City, MD, Indian River, DE, and Cape May, NJ.
Slips Still Available at Harbour Island Marina and Sunset Marina
Slips of all sizes are available for the week of the White Marlin Open at Harbour Island Marina and Sunset Marina. For Harbour Island slip information contact Scott at 410-289-3511 or Jim at 410-289-9229. For Sunset Marina slip information contact Barbara at 410-213-9600.
Sponsorship Opportunites Available!
We offer a variety of Sponsorship Levels and can customize sponsorships to fit the needs of your business. Contact Sasha Motsko today for more information.
It's been an exciting week here in Ocean City, with over $2 million in prize money about to be distributed tomorrow afternoon! Three hundred boats from up and down the eastern seaboard, with more than 1500 anglers from all over the country, fished the waters from Norfolk to Wilmington canyons, brought in record numbers of fish. We saw the second largest blue marlin in tournament history, caught on Tuesday. We saw a local boy, a man who met his wife at Harbour Island and proposed to her here at the scales in 2001, catch a fish worth almost $1 million. We saw a dolphin miss a state record by half a pound. For the second year in a row, we have three white marlin over 80 pounds (last year being the first year in 30 years for that to occur), and for the first time in tournament history, the top three dolphin are all over 50 pounds.
Come back starting in January for information about the 2009 tournament. Next year, fishing starts on August 3!
Posted on August 08, 2008.
As tournament director Andy Motsko just announced, Friday has been almost as busy as Monday! Follow the
leaderboard for all the latest developments. We have weighed in a
first place (tied) white, a
second place blue, a
second and
third (tied) tuna, a
first and
third place wahoo, and a
second place dolphin. The only fish we haven't seen is a shark! No records were broken today in terms of size, money, or number of fish, but the excitement at Harbour Island hasn't suffered because of it. Stay tuned, the scales are open for another 90 miniutes!
Posted on August 08, 2008.
First place white marlin, first place wahoo, and the second qualifying blue of the tournament. Friday has been another hectic day here at Harbour Island, after two quiet evenings. The Hatterascal brought in a double-header of sorts: a white good for a first place tie at 81 lbs., caught by angler Rodger Mooney, worth $200,000, and a first place wahoo at 47 lbs., caught by angler Bob Hoste. Less than an hour later, the Press Time out of Ocean City hoisted a 534 lb. blue onto the scales, taking a bite out of Robert Lockwood's winnings. Angler Ronald Marquette's fish is currently worth $130,000.
Posted on August 08, 2008.
The Jezebel, carrying angler Joe Maffei and his first place wahoo, just left the scales. Maffei, whose fish is currently worth about $15,000 (counting that daily meat fish calcutta), really delighted the crowd with his prize-winning fish.
Posted on August 07, 2008.
Boy, is it a big one. A 172 pound bluefin tuna, nabbed aboard the Miss Andrea, is currently pulling angler Jimmy Hahn around $170,000. The Miss Andrea is certainly not afraid of the scales this week. They've been up here every day they have fished, and are currently holding both first and third place in the tuna calcuttas!
Posted on August 07, 2008.
You can read more news at the White Marlin Open Blog.
