The Ocean City Marlin Club is reporting an awesome day of white marlin fishing August 30, with 267 releases from Washington Canyon and an amazing 57 releases in a single day from a single boat, the Billfisher, run by Capt. Jon Duffie. This contributes to Billfisher's record-breaking season total of 179 white marlin releases so far.
The other local boat totals, as reported by the OC Marlin Club:
1. Osprey / 22 whites
2. Sea Slammer / 15 whites
3. Reel Joy / 32 whites
4. Pumpin Hard 58 / 19 whites
5. Makara / 32 whites
6. Legasea / 27 whites
7. Tarheel / 30 whites, 1 blue, & 3 dolphin
8. Cerevesa / 33 whites
The Ocean City tourism bureau has posted a video about the record-breaking day, with crew interviews. Here it is:
