Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational Coverage Day 3

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Sorry for the delay folks, had some technical difficulties today, but here's the blow by blow from today:

When the scales opened up, two boats were already lined up to go. nobody payed attention to the first which weighed a small yft, as Marlin Hunter was waiting for their turn with a qualifying white on deck.

This was the first white in the tournament, and weighed in at 82 pounds.

The angler was Fritz "Skippy" Butler and Kurt VonSeekamn was running the boat.

After taking a close look and making some measurements it was also determined to be a hatchet marlin rather than a true white.

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Some more photos, lots of celebration. The Hatchet Marlin ID was interesting, and I'll share what I learned in another thread.

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The next up to mess with the scoreboard was the MJ's.

Some serious squalls hit offshore around midday with some boats reporting 50-60 knot gusts and steep 6-8 foot seas that came up quick and hard.

The MJ's hooked up just moments before the squall hit and spent almost and hour fighting not the fish, but the storm. They said they were just able to maintain the hook-up while keeping the boat into the seas, but not able to work the fish at all until the squall passed.

The big allison came in at 129.1 pounds, smoking the current leader.

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Change Order had one at 68.7 pounds

Manabar dropped a 54.5 yft on the scale

Milling around kept on the hunt for the best six-fish/two-day total tuna weight with a trio of 68.4, 75.5, 81.8 pound tuna

the Rough Draft put a pair on the scale at 71.4 and 66.5

Reel Passion had a trio 44.9, 50.9, and 52.0 pounds

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Impulse put a pair up at 57.9 and 67.2

The Escape ran in a trio of 40.9, 49.9, and 57.8 pounds

Bone Voyage had one at 55.4

Lovin Life had a pair of yft at 57.8 and 77.1

Tongue & Groove had a 56.0-pound yellowfin

The Got Walls Jersey Cape put a nice 84.4-pound yft up

Miss Gateway had a 71.4-pound...you guessed it...yellofin tuna!

and Red Napper had 68.1 and 40.4 pound bundles of tuna fun

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Reel Trouble kept things exciting with a little variety, a 31.3-pound dolphin along with a 69.9 and 92.6 pound pair of yft.

Fish Trap had a trio of 88.4, 83.6, and 77.7 tuna

Team Bad Buoy landed three at 47.0, 60.6 and 66.7 pounds

Finally the Gettin' Hectic had an even 80-pound yft to close things up

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That let the Marlin Hunter and MJ's crews free to officially celebrate taking the wins on last day surges.

Marlin Hunter won the White Category, and MJ's the tuna category

Endless Drifter, Fish Trap and Milling Around had the top three tuna totals of six fish in two days fishing.

Mack Attack served as the release champions, leading the Nutz 'N Boltz and The Shark in blue releases points and time

They also topped the Crisdel and Hang Tough in the white marlin release category and landed the Grand Championship Trophy.

Congrats to all who fished and those who won, I'll have awards photos, calcutta winners, and full wrap-up tomorrow for you all so check back.

I also can't say enough about the Beach Haven Marlin Club, their members and staff and all the hard work they put into this. I can't thank them enough for all the hospitality, the access, and offering to help me with anything I needed. It was top-notch as I've come to expect from this great event.

[Finesse]

Bryan
Again Thanks for bringing all of us this tournament, pictures and coverage.
Thought something was wrong when I saw that you had not logged in yesterday. Thanks for getting it up here nonetheless !!
Congrats to the winners !!

[MMM13]

That is unbelievable. The MJ's seems to win this thing every year.

[FourtheBoys]

Coverage (pics and commentary) was outstanding, THANKS.