For the fisherman on the board(pics)
 

For the fisherman on the board!!!

I spent the last week at the beach, fishing was slow on the pier one day so I decided to take a ride to Moorehead City and watch the weigh at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament!

Talk about big fish! The winning fish weighed in at 613 lbs!!! The winning fish had a length of 117 inches and had a girth of 66 inches!!! Unfortunately I could not be there for it's weigh in, however, these photos were taken the same day!

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This one didn't win anything but did get a ticket and a thousand dollar fine when they it the dock, the fish was of legal weight for the tournament but was undersize for the states length limit!!
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A 567 pound fish!!!
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And the winning Dolphin(Mahi)

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The really neat thing is all the fish are donated to research upon the tournaments completion so nothing goes to waste!

OOOOH I ABSOLUTELY Love Mahi...so yummy!

You are not kidding... I hung out at the fish house every night after I got done fishing, we had sashimi(sp) every night a different kind of fish! The Mahi and red grouper were the best with dry pack scallops coming in a very close third!!!

Awesome.....looks like a lot of fun.:thumbsup

wooww that's amazing :thumbsup

I have not seen or fished a bill fish tournement since the early 90's where they did not tag and release the marlin. What's the deal with the marlin on the dock?

Mr. Romance

damn those are huge

The only fish to come into the dock are fish over 400lbs, they tag and release the rest. Everything over 400 comes into the dock is weighed and then donated to research. I think they weighed in 10 fish total but released 100 or more.

The sailfish division is release only as they are pretty rare, dolphin there is a minimum as well as tuna too, not sure what those minimums are though.

is shrimp a fish?
i got shrimp gumbo, shrimp tacos...shrimp fajitas...

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