North Carolina boat’s 650-pound blue marlin at Big Rock tournament is disqualified

North Carolina boat’s 650-pound blue marlin at Big Rock tournament is disqualified

The first massive blue marlin finally arrived at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament scales on Friday night after nearly a week of waiting. But the 653.7-pound behemoth reeled in by Southern Grace, a boat from Ocean, North Carolina, was disqualified under the tournament’s mutilation rule after review and consultation with marine biologists, according to a Big Rock press release. That leaves the tournament’s Level V Fabulous Fisherman’s prize wor…

Southern Grace shakes up Big Rock with 653.7-pound blue marlin

MOREHEAD CITY — The wait is over.Southern Grace, a 55-foot Viking based in Ocean, North Carolina, and captained by Dustin Myers, thundered into the Big Rock scales Friday evening with a 653.7-pound blue marlin — the largest of the tournament…