Posted on August 5th, 2026
With 277 boats fishing, it was a busy day 3 at the 53rd Annual White Marlin Open! We heard early on that a blue marlin had been boated and later that two white marlin were on there way to the scales, and when scales opened up that’s exactly what we saw. One of the white marlin didn’t make the minimum length requirement of 70″, but one did and it hit the leaderboard at the exact weight minimum of 70 pounds. We also saw some big tuna and mahi for a little more shakeup on the leaderboard. Here’s who’s winning after three days of fishing. Big thanks to the White Marlin Open for the pics! Payouts are estimates from www.WhiteMarlinOpen.com
WHITE MARLIN
Bull Pen 70 Lbs $5,637,541.00
BLUE MARLIN
Max Bet 607.5 Lbs $1,260,923.00
TUNA
1st Gray Fox 179 Lbs $1,069,766.75
2nd Speculator 146.5 Lbs $164,391.75
3rd Sea Legs 110.5 Lbs $164,170.50
WAHOO
DOLPHIN
1st Today’s The Day 45 Lbs $96,261.00
2nd Sidepiece 31.5 Lbs $113,061.00
3rd Bird Dog 28.5 Lbs $64,425.00
Captain Jason Mumford of Lucky Break Charters had a nice day of back bay fishing with some keeper flounder, some very nice sheepshead and an 80 pound shark catch and release.
Captain Dave Caffrey of On the Run Charters had some good fishing for his anglers today with keeper flounder to over 6 pounds.
Captain Tony Battista of Saltwater Adventures found two keeper flounder for this lucky duo.
Anglers fishing with Captain Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star found some good mahi action on today’s trip.
