BILL DANCE OUTDOORS, TNN, THE BIG ROCK BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT, SPORTS REPORT+, TMX, “JAWS”, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, IGFA, WASHINGTONPOST.COM, THE BIG ROCK BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT, FACEBOOK, CNN, Bill Dance Outdoors/TNN, The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament/SPORTS REPORT+/TMX, “Jaws”/Universal Pictures, IGFA, washingtonpost.com, The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament/FacebookBy Eric Levenson, CNN(CNN) — The captain of Sensation, the fishing boat that lost out on over $3 million in earnings when tournament officials disqualified its 619.4-pound blue marlin due to “mutilation,” told CNN on Tuesday he believes they won the tournament fair and square. “I knew that fish was gonna destroy the other fish on the leaderboard weight-wise, and that’s exactly what it did. Instead, the crew of Sushi, which brought in a 484.5-pound blue marlin, won first place in the tournament – as well as prize money totaling $2,769,438. We’ve seen quite a few big fish, and I knew this was well over what anybody had caught,” McCoy said. It’s always been a dream of mine to win the Big Rock, and I was pretty sure we had it done.

Source: Washington Post June 20, 2023 20:01 UTC