1ºMOREHEAD CITY — Capt. Greg McCoy and the crew of the Sensation experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows Saturday night in the 65th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.In addition, the longtime captain noted he’s upset by what he calls the arbitrary nature of the Big Rock rules.
“The rule they are talking about is an IGFA rule, but this is not an IGFA tournament,” he said. “In an IGFA tournament, you can’t change anglers. This is a boat tournament. You can switch out anglers as many times as you want, and you can do a lot of other things you can’t do in an IGFA tournament, so why do they have that one rule from the IGFA?”
Bailey Gore was the angler of record for Sensation’s catch, but Bleau also spent time in the fighting chair, which broke during his turn late in the afternoon. The crew, including mate Darrin Cox, then put the rod in the rod holder and fought the marlin like a bluefin tuna, inching it up on a two-Sensation captain responds to Big Rock decision
The Morehead City-based boat had a 619.4-pound fish weighed in at 11:15 p.m. on the final day of fishing, but it was ultimately disqualified after it was determined it had been bitten by a shark or other marine animal...“You catch a fish like that on the last day in the last hour and go well into overtime, it was something else,” he said. “Then they started pulling those shenanigans, and I thought we were going to have a riot on our hands for a while.”
A massive and impatient crowd chanted “weigh that fish” and “what’s the weight” as Big Rock officials discussed the bites on the fish.
McCoy, like many others on social media, mentioned the discrepancy in disqualifying the Sensation catch and not Top Dog’s catch.
The Fenwick Island, Delaware boat made history at 8:20 p.m. on a Saturday night in 2019 when it weighed a record-breaking 914-pound fish. The monster blue was so big the crew couldn’t fit it through the fish door and as part of it dragged through the water and exhaust on the ride back and the flesh was torn off.
“I’ve seen fish come in that were way more mutilated than ours,” McCoy said. “Top Dog, a few years back, that fish was falling apart. It had some bites in it and was mangled by the boat, and they didn’t disqualify that fish. I know the rule, but I didn’t think that was going to be an issue. I was extremely confident it was going to be the winner.”
In addition, the longtime captain noted he’s upset by what he calls the arbitrary nature of the Big Rock rules.
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