Three and a Half Million for Eighty Pounds: The 2026 White Marlin Open Is in the Books
The scales closed at 9:15 Saturday night. The polygraphs ran Sunday morning. And this afternoon at the Ocean City Marlin
The scales closed at 9:15 Saturday night. The polygraphs ran Sunday morning. And this afternoon at the Ocean City Marlin
Seventy-nine boats went out this morning. That is all that is left of a 334-boat fleet, and when the scales
Bill Sharpe’s first bite of the day was worth more than most boats in the harbor. The Mister Pete out
Yesterday the white marlin board was empty and 277 boats were on the water trying to fix that. They fixed
Seventeen boats Monday. Two hundred fifty-five Tuesday. Two hundred seventy-seven this morning. The fleet has found its window, and the
Monday, only seventeen boats fished. Today, two hundred fifty-five did. That is the whole story of the 53rd White Marlin
Registration closes at seven o’clock tonight. The Captain’s Meeting starts the same hour. And at eight tomorrow morning, somewhere out
Walk the docks at Sunset Marina in West Ocean City tonight and you can feel it before you see it.
FISH The Week Ocean City Holds Its Breath The scales at Harbour Island go hot Monday afternoon, and for six
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