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Jordan’s Yacht Lands 71-Pound Marlin for Second Place in First Father-Son Outing Since Arrest

It secured about $385,397 in prize money for Jordan’s team.

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Michael Jordan's sportfishing yacht, Catch 23, caught a 71-pound white marlin during the 2025 White Marlin Open. The catch won second place for Catch 23, as well as a prize of almost $400,000. (Photo courtesy White Marlin Open)
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Overview

  • Trey “Cricket” McMillen reeled in a 71-pound white marlin aboard Catch 23 on Aug. 10, securing second place in the White Marlin category.
  • The catch earned Jordan’s team approximately $385,397 in prize money.
  • Dan Gough’s 72-pound white marlin on Billfisher holds the lead with a first-place prize of about $3.91 million.
  • This event marked Michael Jordan’s first public appearance with his son, Marcus Jordan, since Marcus’s early-August arrest on cocaine possession charges in Florida.
  • Final weigh-ins are ongoing at the 52-year-old White Marlin Open in Ocean City, Maryland, which draws hundreds of boats and offers multimillion-dollar prizes.