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.

The captain and crew of the Sensation have hired a law firm to represent them in overturning the decision by the Tournament.

Here’s part of the article that Bill used for the report.