New 1st Place White Marlin for 46th Annual White Marlin Open

It was a beautiful day in and around Ocean City today and a reel treat to not have any rain in the forecast.  It was a very pleasant day at the scales for day 4 action of the 46th Annual White Marlin Open where fans waited to see what would be caught by the 102 boats fishing today.  They didn’t have to wait long as my good friend Tommy Hinkle showed up with the crew of the Fish Whistle and put a new leading white marlin on the dock.  Tomorrow’s weather looks to be fantastic and there are over 250 fishing days available so it should be an epic finish to what has already been a phenomenal tournament.  Here’s who is winning what after four days of fishing.

WHITE MARLIN

Fish Whistle

Tommy Hinkle

$1,460,000.00

74lbs

Chasin Tail

Nathan Walker

$135,000

73.5lbs

Backlash

Michael Wagner

$1,500,000.00

BLUE MARLIN

465.5lbs

Haulin N Ballin

Craig Dickerson

$740,000.00

TUNA

201lbs

Crisdel

Russell Garufi

$940,000.00

145.5lbs

Mjolnir

Ronnie Fields

$130,000.00

135lbs

The Right Place

Mike DiPascali

$36,000.00

121lbs

Reeldiculous

Graham Ward

$100,000.00

62lbs

Sea Ment

Jeff Landis, Sr.

$40,000.00

WAHOO

82lbs

The Natural

Kyle McLaughlin

$18,000.00

61.5lbs

Keepin It Reel

Sam Folland

$18,000.00

54.5lbs

Caneelin

Sarah Bohlman

$2,000.00

54.5lbs

NIGHT HAWK 111

Jay Monteverdi

$16,000.00

DOLPHIN

35.5lbs

Game Changer

Rob Howes

$18,000.00

33lbs

VIKING 72

Ryan Higgins

$16,000.00

30.5lbs

Ditchdigger Too

John Albanese III

$1,500.00

28.5lbs

Right Hook

Robbie Thrift

$75,000.00

22lbs

HELLSEA

Don Smiley

$16,000.00

22lbs

No Quarter

Mike Peet

$16,000.00

SHARK

277.5lbs

Polarizer

Greg Robinson

$225,000.00

Away from the tournament my buddies Randy Swain, Sr. and Randy Swain, Jr. fished with John Sonner and Mark High and had a five man limit of flounder after fishing over ocean structure.

Captain Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star saw some tough sledding today, but stuck it out and put some fish in the boat.

Hi Scott.. 
Man, after leaving 20 minutes early, I wouldn’t even have caught clients dinner had I not stayed an hour and a half late. 
Bite never loosened at all until the current switched. 
For the fifth time in less than two weeks the one guy who didn’t play the pool would have swept it. 
That suited Bob Hauser of Carlisle PA who instead took everyone’s money with his (not so) monster sea bass. 
Bottlenose & Atlantic Spotted Dolphin gave us a bit of a show.. 
Besides Bob in the group snap are Tom Herpen of New London PA – Greg Breech from Catawissa PA – Liam Gray of Fort Collins CO – Rich Alexander from Greenfield MA – Ludo Pizzin – Scott Versin of Chesapeake Beach DE – Tegan McClarren & Roy Jones from Lubbock TX – Janelle Sanders of Pittsburg PA – Alex Inescu of Frederick and Nick Inescu of Denver CO.

Back in the bay Captain John Prather of Ocean City Guide Service showed this family a good time putting them on some nice keeper flounder and then he showed them his technique for cleaning them.

Captain Wayne Blanks of Bayside Guide Service had a good afternoon catching and releasing several short rockfish while fishing the route 50 bridge on the outgoing tide.

Chad Barrick of Walkersville, MD caught his personal best 22″ flounder and a rare ribbonfish while fishing the outgoing tide in the bay off of Fish Tales.

Captain Marc Spagnola once again showed his shooters some good targets and put some cow nosed and southern rays in the boat.