Offshore:
Today marks the first day of fishing for the F. Wayne McLeskey Memorial Marlin Open. We have 10 boats fishing in this years tournament and all 10 fished today due to rougher waters headed our way tomorrow. Lines are out at 3 p.m. which means the boats will all start to roll in right around 5 p.m. One after the other the slips were full again with release Marlin flags flying from almost every outrigger. Check out the leader boards below for Day One’s results!
Unofficial results are as follows:
Billfish:
1st Place: Instigator with 1 Blue Marlin and 3 White Marlin
2nd Place: Git-R-Done with 1 Blue Marlin and 1 White Marlin
3rd Place: Poor Girl with 1 Blue Marlin and 1 White Marlin
4th Place: Delta Dawn with 2 White Marlin
5th Place: Desperado with 2 White Marlin
6th Place: Wave Runner with 2 White Marlin
7th Place: Backlash with 1 White Marlin
8th Place: Canyon Express with 1 White Marlin
9th Place: Alexis with 1 White Marlin
Dolphin:
1st Place: Git-R-Done with 10.2 lbs
2nd Place: Instigator with 9.7 lbs
Wahoo:
1st Place: Alexis with 32.7 lbs
The Rebel returned late last night flying a Blue Marlin release flag, 4 White Marlin release flags, several nice Tilefish, and a 269lb Big Eye Tuna!
Inshore:
The Top Notch has an afternoon inshore trip today, so be sure to check back with us later to see how they did and to get the most up to date report. A private boat pulled up around 2:30pm with 2 really nice sized King Mackerel and a Cobia! One of the Kings weighed in over citation size at 36 lbs! Nice job guys!
Citations:
Blue Marlin: caught & released by Julie R. Crowling of Onancock, VA on the Git-R-Done
White Marlin: caught & released by Lionel “Paul” Gibb of Onancock, VA on the Git-R-Done
White Marlin: caught & released by Christopher J. Vitovich of Virginia Beach, VA on the Capt. Cheryl
White Marlin: caught & released by Patrick W. Lewis of Alexandria, VA on the Capt. Cheryl
White Marlin: caught & released by Mark H. French of Nolensville, TN on the High Hopes
White Marlin: caught & released by Gerald LaGrange of Lake Charles, VA on the Rebel
White Marlin: caught & released by Ledonna Buckner of West Point, VA on the Rebel
White Marlin: caught & released by Cynthia Kemp of Lake Charles, VA on the Rebel
King Mackerel: 36 lbs caught by W.J. Moger of Suffolk, VA