Overview
- Mister Pete docked Thursday with an 80‑pound white marlin caught by Bill Sharpe that organizers say projects about $3.6 million in prize money.
- Bull Pen dropped to second after its 70‑pound white marlin, a catch whose projected payout fell to just over $2 million.
- Gray Fox supplied the tournament’s first qualifying wahoo, a 69.5‑pound fish valued near $131,000, and also leads the tuna division with a 179‑pound entry worth about $1.04 million.
- The field of 334 boats is fishing an expanded six‑day schedule with each boat allowed three selectable fishing days, leaving many trips unused and giving late weigh‑ins the power to upend the leaderboard.
- Anglers have donated nearly 1,000 pounds of fish so far, with the Maryland Food Bank and local partners serving fresh fish to hundreds of families and flash‑freezing the rest for later distribution.