Mercenaria boats 572-pound blue marlin, wins Fabulous Fisherman’s prize - WITN

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN) - The first blue marlin in this year’s Big Rock Blue Marlin Fishing Tournament is on its way to Morehead City.

Mercenaria boated the 572.6-pound big blue at 11:30 a.m. The owners of the boat won $777,750 for the catch in the Fabulous Fisherman’s contest. They can still win a grand prize of $3.4 million.

Sylva Lining boated a blue marlin at 1:07 p.m. Then, at 2:53 p.m., tournament staff said High Yield also boated a blue marlin. At 5 p.m., High Yield weighed in at 536.8 pounds, good enough for second place in the tournament.

Sylva Lining is set to weigh in next.

At 2:31 p.m., tournament staff said Bad Habit boated a blue marlin. There is no indication yet as to when the boat will be weighed-in.

This is the 64th year for the tournament, with 266 boats competing for the record purse of $5,858,875.

On the first day, 246 teams are fishing while 20 boats took a layday.

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