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  • 2020-08-12 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on August 12, 2020 Lots of billfish recorded at WMO, but few tuna, dolphin and wahoo The species count provided by the White Marlin Open for last week s tournament is impressive, though there were some species which were in short supply. The Golden Eagle from Belmar started jigging bluefish this morning, but the blues didn t hit well and they ended up adding some sea bass and fluke.
  • 2020-08-11 Ristori Bay Head

    Maryland, following his win with Crisdel from Brielle Yacht Club last year in the tuna division, by boating a 77-pound white marlin that was initially tied for first and ended up winning 206 000. I never thought the early tuna entries would stand up, but the bigeyes couldn t be located even by such specialists as Canyon Runner and MJ s. Travis Ort from York, Pa. was the biggest beneficiary of that blue marlin money as he was in the right Calcuttas to win 1.
  • 2020-08-10 Ristori Bay Head

    Yet, he had no trouble trolling up five yellowfins from 30 to 65 pounds plus two skipjacks on Side Job from Belmar for John Clark and his crew from Pa. by staying on the outside of the 150 boats. The tournament was based on the total weight of the three heaviest fluke caught on each boat.
  • 2020-08-09 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on August 9, 2020 97-pound white takes over first in WMO Capt. George Steller brought Frank Criscola s Crisdel from Brielle Yacht Club to the White Marlin Open scales at Ocean City, Md. shortly after they opened at 4 p. m. with a white marlin that had some heft to it. The scales remain open until 9 15, and I ll add a blog then if anything changes before tomorrow s last day.
  • 2020-08-08 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on August 8, 2020 WMO down to last two days As noted in the previous blog, there were major changes in the big money white marlin division of the WMO today and I suspect there will be more to come as the contest wraps up with the two days added on due to the uncertainty as to how long the tropical storm would last. Drillin Billin was the big winner today as their 77-pound white pushed Hook Settle s 74-pounder out of first and sets up a 2.
  • 2020-08-07 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on August 7, 2020 Whites go wild at WMO Canyon fishing exploded today at the Ocean City, Md. 5 pounds could make 1.
  • 2020-08-06 Ristori Bay Head

    Blue Runner has a potential payout of 395,000 if it holds up over the next four days. A white marlin was weighed, but fell short of the 70-pound minimum at 67 1 2 pounds.
  • 2020-08-05 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on August 5, 2020 WMO Open will be humming the next four days Though the tropical storm passed by quickly, only 35 of the 433 boats entered in the White Marlin Open at Ocean City, Maryland opted to fight the remaining seas today with four days of predicted good weather ahead of them in which to utilize their three fishing days. A revision of the white marlin release count for Monday brought that figure up to 11 plus the one boated for a total of 12 whites that day along with four eligible 50-pound minimum) tuna.
  • 2020-08-04 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on August 4, 2020 Tough first day at WMO The 42 out of 433 boats that fished during the first day of the White Marlin Open didn t find much for the scales which closed at 9 15. The only white marlin brought in didn t meet the 70-pound minimum, and there were only a few qualifying tuna.
  • 2020-08-03 Ristori Bay Head

    7 million purse as WMO opens Despite the pandemic and a tropical storm moving up the coast, the 47th annual White Marlin Open at Ocean City, Md. is underway with 433 boats and a world record tournament purse of 6. The field for the 2020 WMO includes many top boats from last year s fleet that set a tournament record of 1,429 white marlin releases.

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