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A 459-pound blue marlin caught on the final day won Magic Touch the 45th Bisbee's Black & Blue in Cabo San Lucas and $2.44 million of a record $7.45 million purse shared by 177 teams.

Connor Daniel's 919.9-pound blue marlin, the heaviest ever weighed at the Big Rock, won the 68th tournament in Morehead City for Marlin Fever and a record $6,513,188 of a $9.04 million purse.

Bill Sharpe's 80-pound white marlin aboard Mister Pete of Charleston won the 53rd White Marlin Open in Ocean City, Maryland, projected to earn about $3.5 million, as 334 boats fished for an estimated $9.9 million.

The world's richest sportfishing tournament returns to Cabo San Lucas for three fishing days, 21-23 October 2026, with a 7:00 AM shotgun start each day and the awards on 24 October.

The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament's 2027 week, with its lady-angler and main blue marlin tournaments, runs 11-20 June 2027 in Morehead City, a year after a record 919.9-pound blue won $6.5 million.

The White Marlin Open, long billed as the world's largest billfish tournament, fishes out of Ocean City, Maryland, from 2 to 7 August 2027, with daily weigh-ins at Harbour Island.