Posted on August 27th, 2016
The 25th anniversary of the MidAtlantic was one for the record books. 157 boats fished out of the Canyon Club in Cape May, NJ and out of Sunset Marina in Ocean City, MD and there was over $3 Million dollars in prize money. It was an exciting week of fishing that started with a 67 pound tuna on Monday that would win over $50,000 and end with a 754 pound blue marlin on Friday that would bring in over $531,000. We had a great time covering the event with Hooked on OC and made nightly video updates. You can check them out here…
Friday Night Wrap Video :20 Minutes
Here are the winners from each category and the dough that they collected.
Wahoo
Moore Bills 75 Pounds $69,442.50
Dolphin
Fishing For Muscular Dystrophy 53 Pounds $26,226.00
Tuna
3rd Place Tuna Reelin’ Feelin’ 76 Pounds $176,015.00
2nd Place Tuna Miss Budweiser 156 Pounds $263,035.50
1st Place Tuna Pez Machine 230 Pounds $374,096.50
Blue Marlin
2nd Place Blue Marlin Fantasia 432 Pounds $181,382.40
1st Place Blue Marlin Easy Rider 754 Pounds $531,513.60
White Marlin
3rd Place Tie
3rd Place Sea Wolf 68 Pounds $31,208.00
3rd Place MR Ducks 68 Pounds $53,768.00
3rd Place Shark Byte 68 Pounds $110,168.00
2nd Place Haulin’ N Ballin’ 72 Pounds $81,216.00
1st Place Mjolnir 77 Pounds $749,650.00
Outside of the tournament there was some pretty good inshore action Friday. Captain John Prather used plastic artificial to capture a load of bluefish for his crew in the back bay and inlet.
Bear at the Oceanic Pier submitted this photo of Chrissy from Hatfield, PA who caught this nice 20″ black drum from the north sea wall on a sand flea.
Captain Marc Spagnola of Dusk to Dawn Bowfishing had some great shooting on Friday in the south bay. His shooters had great luck with cow-nosed and southern rays.
If you may be looking to get offshore tomorrow the Spring Mix II is looking for one angler for an offshore trolling trip. Trip is $325 plus the tip for the mate. Get in touch with Spring Mix here. Spring Mix II
