Posted on August 18th, 2018
It was a way more exciting day than I expected for the third and final day of the 25th Annual Captain Steve Harman’s Poor Girl’s Open at Bahia Marina today. We had the fewest number of boats out today and it was rough offshore so we honestly didn’t expect much…..boy were we wrong. By the end of the day one boat had jumped into first and third place in the dolphin category and no one that started the day on the leaderboard in the marlin release category was on the leaderboard anymore. Marlin fishing was really good today and some boats that had today left to fish took advantage of it and really stirred things up. My good friend Captain Willie Zimmerman who started his career back at Bahia Marina smooshed the competition with 12 white marlin releases and Fish in OC charter partners Reel Chaos and Pumpin’ Hard rounded out the top three. Congratulations to all of the winners and lady anglers in the 25th installment of the Poor Girl’s Open. Here’s who won what with APPROXIMATE payouts.
Junior Angler
Rilyn Romero Absolut Pleasure 3 White Marlin Releases $1,000
Heaviest Wahoo
Blood Money Lucy Muhlenbruck 30.2 Lbs $1,500
Heaviest Dolphin
2nd Place Buckshot Lindsay Stanton $5,800
1st and 3rd Place Bent Tent Brttany and Tasha 36.3 Lbs and 20.7 Lbs $15,000 Total
Heaviest Tuna
3rd Place Spring Mix II Megan McDonald 66.3 Lbs $3,900
2nd Place Whiskey Kilo Heather Bean 73 Lbs $5,500
1st Place A Salt Weapon III Nancy Kohl 112 Lbs $11,200
Billfish Release
3rd Place Pumpin’ Hard 7 White Marlin Releases 2:32 PM $19,500
2nd Place Reel Chaos 8 White Marlin Releases $29,300
1st Place Absolut Pleasure 12 White Marlin Releases $120,900
Flounder fishing over ocean structure was good again today aboard the Morning Star with Captian Monty Hawkins as long as you weren’t puking. Pictured are Gary Hamilton (22.5 in pool winner) of Wilmington, DE — Nicole Jones of Georgetown, DE – Amanda Cordrey of Millsboro, DE – Johnny Shalvas of Westchester, PA – Mark & Rhonda Quinlan of New London, PA – Rick Fairweather & Lisa Van Scott of Elkton, MD – Robin Smith of Lewes – & Warren Fleming of Damascus, MD with some of today’s catch.
Captain Chase Eberle of Chasin’ Tides Charters had a couple of nice trips today. This morning it was few flounder and a mess of triggerfish and this afternoon it was a nice keeper flounder for a junior angler.
Captain Dave Caffrey of On the Run Charters had a nice day of fishing some bay structure today when he put his crew on some good sized croakers and a couple of really nice sheepshead.
