Sometimes one is good enough. The crew on the Virginia Beach-based Cuttin’ Up caught a 612.5-pound blue marlin on the first day of the 19th annual Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament and held on to win the event after Saturday’s final day of competition. It was the only fish the team caught during its two allotted days of angling. The fish,…
There are 67 boats out in the Atlantic today competing in the final segment of the 19th annual Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament. All are trying to catch the team on Cuttin’ Up, a Virginia Beach boat captained by Nick Jones that took the early, and commanding, lead in the event on the first day. Josh Bowen wrestled in a 612.5-pound…
In Rodney Atkins country song “Watching You,” his son shocks him by saying a four-letter word. The child responds to a question about where he learned to talk like that with: “I’ve been watching you, dad, ain’t that cool? I’m your buckaroo, I wanna be like you.” Jonathan Watts has had some similar issues, although he didn’t mention anything about…
The Cuttin’ Up showed up at the weigh station for after the first day of the 19th annual Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament and wowed the crowd with the crew’s catch. Team member Josh Bowen fought and decked a big blue marlin that met all the tournament requirements to bring to the dock for weighing – which immediately set the team…
The 39th annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament concluded Friday with another shuffling of the leaderboard. Country Girl, with Capt. Charles Foreman at the helm, vaulted from seventh placed to the winner’s spot with 800 points that were tallied from a pair of blue marlin and three sailfish. The effort put $370,000 in the team’s bank account. Country Girl edged out…
After two days and nowhere to be seen on the leaderboard of the 39th annual Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament, Blue Sky, with Capt. Jay Weaver at the helm, shot into the lead with 650 points on one blue marlin, one sailfish and three white marlin. Right Hook, with Capt. Austin Spitz, also jumped onto the leaderboard, finishing Day 3 of…
Day one of the 39th annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament is on the boards as the 86 teams in the fleet head out to sea for today’s second round of angling. After the first day, Trophy Hunter with Capt. Kenneth Brown is atop the leaderboard with a pair of blue marlin for 500 points. Bill Collector with Capt. Stephen Draughton…
It’s a wrap. The 49th annual White Marlin Open out of Ocean City, Md., is in the books and the event has broken its own record for single-fish payout with a tournament-winning 77.5-pound white caught on the hometown-based Billfisher, taking home $4.5-Plus million. The event featured 408 entries and a total prize purse of $8.6 million. Winning the blue marlin…
The 49th annual White Marlin Open has 286 of its 408 entries in the Atlantic Ocean for the final day of this year’s event. With a total of $8.6 million in prize money, it’s easy to see why the event annually is one of the biggest in the country. Boats from up and down the East Coast and throughout the…
