Delmarva Dominated the 44th White Marlin Open

On the last day of the forty fourth White Marlin Open, three hundred and twenty-seven boats went fishing for their last shot at topping the leader board.  The weather this year was the big player in the outcome of this tournament.  Usually Thursday is the big day for turnovers, this year it was Friday, the last day.  Due to the crazy weather we had at the beginning of the week, Monday and Tuesday especially, kept a lot of boats at port.  On Tuesday only twelve boats went fishing, but they brought fish to the scales in some rough seas.  On Tuesday the marinas were packed with boats that didn’t go fishing.  There were three hundred and fifty-three boats that were registered, close to three thousand anglers, competing for $4.97 million dollars.  The largest purse ever awarded in any fishing tournament.

The eighty-six pound white marlin that was in first place on Thursday was thought to be the largest we would see this  year.  Until the Wire Nut came to the scales at four on Friday with a large white caught by Angler Glen Frost.  The white measured seventy-three inches long and fifteen and a half inches wide.  This was going to be a heavy fish easily over ninety pounds.  The white weighed in at ninety-five and a half pounds.  This was the new leader and the fourth heaviest white marlin brought to the scales in the forty-four years of the White Marlin Open.  It was also Glen Frost’s first white marlin ever caught, netting him $1,654,800 in prize money. Glen is from Stevensville, Maryland, which makes the winner a Delmarva local.  Mike Donahue from Wilmington, Delaware was now in second place at eighty-six pounds worth $1,525,964 .  Third place worth $164,673,  was now held by Joe Andrews, aboard Mr Ducks, Joe is from Ocean City, Maryland.  This year Delmarva anglers dominated the white marlin leader board for the forty fourth White Marlin Open.  Congratulations gentlemen and crews!

Fish On!

Rich King

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