Blue marlin bite marks disqualify crew from $3.5 million prize _ USA TODAY
- last year
fishing crew came close to winning over $3 million at a fishing tournament before officials disqualified their massive catch.
Fishermen on the boat Sensation believed they had landed the winning fish at the 65th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in Morehead City, N.C., hauling in the year's first catch to surpass the 500-pound mark (and earning an additional $739,500 in the process).
However, when tournament officials went to weigh the marlin, they found a chunk missing from its side and disqualified it.
“It’s the final hour, the final day and we fought with him for six hours,” Sensation captain Greg McCoy told The Washington Post. “It’s a tough pill to swallow
Fishermen on the boat Sensation believed they had landed the winning fish at the 65th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in Morehead City, N.C., hauling in the year's first catch to surpass the 500-pound mark (and earning an additional $739,500 in the process).
However, when tournament officials went to weigh the marlin, they found a chunk missing from its side and disqualified it.
“It’s the final hour, the final day and we fought with him for six hours,” Sensation captain Greg McCoy told The Washington Post. “It’s a tough pill to swallow