2009 Mid-Atlantic $500,000 Tournament Coverage - Fishing Day 2 - LIVE Video & Photos

**Jer** · 08-18-2009 06:20 PM

2009 Mid-Atlantic $500,000 - August 18th, 2009

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2009 Payout Summary
Base Prize $500,000.00
$1000 Calcutta $121,600.00
$1500 Calcutta $178,126.00
$2500 Calcutta $287,376.00
On The Board Reward $237,500.00
White Marlin Pro Jackpot $437,000.00
Total Payout $1,761,602.00
Boats Entered 136

After Fishing Day One:

Category	#	Boat Name	Weight	Payout
Heaviest White Marlin	8	Gina Lisa	75 lbs.	$713,462.50
2nd Heaviest White Marlin	99	Uncle T	74 lbs.	$138,397.50
3rd Heaviest White Marlin	61	Sun Runner	71 lbs.	$56,865.01
3rd Heaviest White Marlin	88	Sea Mistress	71 lbs.	$56,865.01
Heaviest Blue Marlin	62	Cookie II	453 lbs.	$380,817.50
Heaviest Tuna	58	Sea Hag	69 lbs.	$192,752.50
2nd Heaviest Tuna	93	Beast	67 lbs.	$101,220.01
2nd Heaviest Tuna	26	Shark Byte	67 lbs.	$101,220.01
Heaviest Dolphin	94	Triple Crown	34 lbs.	$10,000.00
Heaviest Wahoo	2	Southern Comfort	66 lbs.	$10,000.00

Total: $1,761,600.04

After Fishing Day One:

Category	#	Boat Name	Points
Most Points Overall	97	Gennavive	525.0
Most Points White Marlin	97	Gennavive	525.0
2nd Most Points White Marlin	14	Contango	375.0
3rd Most Points White Marlin	219	Phat Mann	375.0
Most Points Blue Marlin	62	Cookie II	226.5
2nd Most Points Blue Marlin	234	Fish Whistle	150.0
3rd Most Points Blue Marlin	52	Lori A	150.0
Most Points Tuna	58	Sea Hag	64.5
2nd Most Points Tuna	3	Tiger Shark	64.5
3rd Most Points Tuna	93	Beast	33.5

Monday, August 17 ~ Fishing Day One Press Release

After tabulating all the entries and adding up the calcutta figures, the 2009 Mid-Atlantic $500,000 field is set at 136 boats with a total cash purse of $1,761,602! Tournament week got off to a great start as the weatherman delivered a perfect day and 127 boats headed offshore on Day One. The scales were busy shortly after the 5 p.m. opening as several qualifying fish were weighed during this evening's weigh-in session at both Canyon Club Resort Marina in Cape May, New Jersey and Sunset Marina in Ocean City, Maryland and a lot of familiar names can be found on the leaderboard.

Captain Danny Scotti at the wheel of Gina Addeo's Gina Lisa based in Staten Island, New York took the lead in the white marlin category with a 75 pounder. Steve Castellini of Ocean City, New Jersey aboard his Uncle T is in second place with a 74 pounder. There’s a tie for third place between Greg Murphy’s Sun Runner out of Long Beach, New Jersey and John Raimondo’s Sea Mistress from Newton Square, Pennsylvania as each weighed white marlin of 71 pounds.

In the blue marlin division Staten Island, New York's Sonny Falcone aboard his Cookie II jumped to an early lead after weighing a 453 pounder. Second and third place in the category are vacant.

Charlie Duerr of Tinton Falls, New Jersey aboard his Sea Hag leads the tuna category with a 69-pound yellowfin. There's a tie for second place between Cape May, New Jersey's own Bob Belansen and Peter Cherasia of Rumson, New Jersey on Shark Byte as both weighed 67-pound yellowfins today.

Palm Beach, Florida's Dan Borislow aboard his Triple Crown leads the dolphin (mahi-mahi) category with a 34 pounder. The wahoo category is lead by Albert Stork of Forked River, New Jersey with a 66-pound 'hoo on Southern Comfort.

The billfish bite was red hot and numerous boats racked up multiple releases. Some of the boats with significant billfish releases on Day One include Joe Recupero of Mullica Hill, New Jersey with seven white marlin releases aboard his Genavive and Malvern, Pennsylvania's Walt Kuhn released five white marlin on Contagno. Woodbury, New Jersey's James Wright aboard Cap'n Crunch let go four white marlin while Sea Mistress also had four white marlin releases in addition to their 71-pounder. Pat Healy's Viking 68 based in New Gretna, New Jersey released three white marlin today. Boats releasing a blue marlin today include Gerard Petrie of Staten Island, New York on his Change Order and Lori Muscara of Brigantine, New Jersey on her Lori A.

**Agitated88** · 08-18-2009 06:28 PM

Ding, ding, ding, ding...ROUND TWO!!! Ok odd's makers...how much bigger can we go with Mr Blue and Whitey? Did we peak early or is it only the beginning?

**Stripersniper** · 08-18-2009 06:30 PM

Much brighter picture from Cape May today.

Whitey goes to 84 lbs and lue goes to 576

**BrunoG** · 08-18-2009 06:30 PM

Is the web cam working?

**Jer** · 08-18-2009 06:33 PM

BrunoG, the cameras from both locations are working. If you see a message about coming back 08/18, please press the keys Ctrl and F5 at the same time to force a refresh.