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- Jun 8, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Jun 13, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Marlin Fever Wins the 2026 Big Rock With a Record 919.9-Pound Blue Marlin
- The 68th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament fished six days out of Morehead City, North Carolina, with 278 boats and a record purse of $9,038,225[1]
- On Day 2, 9 June 2026, angler Connor Daniel weighed a 919.9-pound blue marlin aboard Marlin Fever, a 63-foot Jarrett Bay captained by Cameron Guthrie, the heaviest blue marlin in tournament history[1]
- It beat the 914-pound blue Top Dog brought in in 2019 and paid a record $6,513,188: the Fabulous Fisherman's Prize ($871,250), the Level VI Super 20 category ($3,978,000) and levels I-IV ($1,663,938)[1]
- Fender Bender's 644.1-pound blue took second ($467,963) and Haphazard's 635.6-pounder, weighed on the final night before 4,000-plus people, third ($311,975)[1]
- The fleet released 331 billfish - 126 blue marlin, 120 white marlin and 84 sailfish - a 97.6% blue marlin release rate[1]
- Fishing ran 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM on six days from 8 to 13 June, each boat taking two lay days[2]
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- [1]90%thebigrock.com/marlin-fever-wins-68th-annual-big-rockthebigrock.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Jun 8, 2026 ✓· Ends Jun 13, 2026 ✓· 33% of score
Big Rock recap, Morehead City, 18 June 2026: 'Then came Day 2 — June 9, 2026' when Marlin Fever's 919.9 lb. blue marlin was weighed, of 'six days of fishing'; the 2026 event schedule runs fishing Day 1 on 8 June to Day 6 on Saturday 13 June.
- [2]85%Big Rock 2026 Event Schedulethebigrock.com· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
Organiser's 2026 schedule: six days of fishing (2 lay days required, Captain's Choice), fishing 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM from 8 June to Day 6 on Saturday 13 June, weigh-ins at Big Rock Landing, 710 Evans Street, awards brunch 14 June at the Crystal Coast Civic Center.[1]
- [3]75%Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournamentthebigrock.com· Added Sep 27, 2026· 33% of score
Home page summary: the 68th Big Rock 'featured a fleet of 278 boats competing for a staggering total purse of over $9 MILLION'; more than 330 billfish released, 127 of them blue marlin; Marlin Fever won with a 'RECORD 919.9 lb blue marlin'.[1]
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