Archive for tag: tournaments

White Marlin Are For Sissies

August 14, 2009 Fishing

What happens when a Tarheel enters a white marlin tournament?  Broken records, that’s what.  Robert Farris of Charlotte, North Carolina took three hours to land this 1,062 pound blue marlin during last week’s White Marlin Tournament in Ocean City, Maryland, breaking the state record set in 1989 by 120 pounds.

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Hello May! Is Mr. Marlin In?

April 28, 2009 Fishing

With a weeklong stretch of 80-degree weather, folks around these parts are talking bluewater fishing and that means billfish in the Gulf Stream.  The month of May serves as a warmup for the summer fishing tournaments with the biggest of them all kicking off in June right up the road in Morehead City, North Carolina: [...]

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