Why They Were Disqualified from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2023
- Captain Greg McCoy piloting the Sensation experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows during Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament this weekend. McCoy and crew landed a 619.4 pound blue marlin during the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament Saturday after a six hour battle that lasted into the night. Upon arrival at the dock a crowd cheered as the largest blue marlin of the tournament was hoisted onto the scales.
The glory was short lived as it was made clear that the weight was under review due to a possible "Rule 23 violation." In the end, the crew ended up losing over $3 million dollars because the blue marlin had been bitten by a shark and may have been dead before it was landed. If you're wondering why was the fisherman disqualified from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, we go into depth in this podcast.
The Big Rock tournament is always exciting, and sometimes filled with fishing drama, and this year was no different. The story was huge, and Fox News interviewed the own of the Sensation. The fishing crew missed out on $3 million prize after 619-pound blue marlin disqualified because of ‘mutilation’.
By Sunday, the tournament director announced it had consulted with fisheries experts and the Sensation’s blue marlin would have to be disqualified.
“After careful deliberation and discussions between the Big Rock Rules Committee and Board of Directors with biologists from both NC State CMAST and NC Marine Fisheries biologists as well as an IGFA official, it was determined that SENSATION’S 619.4-lb Blue Marlin would be disqualified due to mutilation caused by a marine animal. It was determined that the fish was mutilated before it was boated and therefore it was disqualified,” the tournament director added.
“This decision is consistent with prior decisions made by the tournament in similar circumstances over the last 65 years,” the tournament director said.
Sensation would have won $3.5 million for the catch, including over $700,000 for the first boat to catch a marlin weighing over 500 pounds.
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to clarify the first boat to bring in a 500 pound or better marlin wins the bonus money of over 700 thousand dollars. since no boat won the bonus it rolls over to next year and the first boat to bring in a marlin over 500 pounds wins over 1.5 million dollars.
I personally think the review was basically to get the crowd dispersed. If they would have announced that night the DQ they probably would have had a riot.. There was a HUGE crowd there.
I ABSOLUTELY agree...they would have a mess to deal with.
I was there and the crowd was mad
Wow that's gotta hurt ,that kind of money is no joke..thanks for your video Dieter . Enjoyed watching..
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the update Dieter sounds like alot going on!! God Bless my friend
Thanks for checking out the video!!
Something to note on the "rich people" thing: the Sensation team sold shares on the team, about 35 of them. Anyone competing with the crew had to buy a share, each worth about $102k if that fish hadn't been disqualified. I know several of the guys fishing on that team were just regular blue-collar dudes that stood to win life-changing money from that fish.
….and there are guys in single engine outboards that enter a single division for $2500.
But, when much of the fleet is comprised of million dollar boats, some $10 million plus, and Michael Jordan flies in on his private jet to fish, its really honestly a rich man’s game.
3 mill ain't life changing no more
@@eddiemadden318 for one person it may be, but split amongst 20 people, not so much.
@eddiemadden318 if you can’t say 100k US (a share) at any age south of 50 changed your life you either blew it away or you had enough to begin with, 100k down on a mortgage early on would take 10 years of almost any mortgage,
@@douggiedevil that's not life changing.
That’s a crazy story thanks for sharing it
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Thanks for the complete info.
No problem!
Youre bringing interest and knowledge to alot of people like myself who would have never heard of things like this. Really neat story
Thanks for taking the time to watch, comment and offer some feedback!
With the amount of money trying to win. There should be officials on each boat. With a video recorder while fish is on!! Just my perspective. Sounds like a rules needs to be updated or redone.
their on the boat as well as they forced them to have go pros covering the entire boat and also they have to turn in their GPS cards each day they fish. amazing that they go to great lengths to make people be held accountable but dont want themselves to be held to the same standard.
I have caught the largest bluefin tuna!
Just a little damaged. Wheres my money?
What a dumb rule. How you supposed to stop a shark from biting your fish 😂😂😂
no whats even crazier is that they even said that if the fish is damaged beyond control AFTER you catch it then its still a legal fish to weigh in. so in other works cut the fish in half and yes you can weigh that fish but a fish bite not a chance. this rule makes people move away from supporting tournaments like this and they keep trying to make it harder every year. the big rock had a lot of people mad when they cut the live feed. little did they know that the local news was live streaming and they left theirs up so everyone could watch what happens.
Wow that is a stupid rule Any idea why this rule would be in place ? Even a little bit ?
@@mrcommonsense9074 the IGFA has that rule and its wide open to opinion on what is allowed and what is not allowed. the problem is they want to judge it on a case by case basis. in other words if we dont like what we see then not allowed. but if we like what we see then allowed.
Yep went to lawsuit. Was announced earlier. I don't think it will hold up. Rules are pretty well written. Pretty much all saltwater tournaments don't allow you to weigh a fish that has been bitten by a shark. Lots of king mackerel tournaments have had winning fish that a 1/3rd of it is missing but they don't count.
I hate it for the crew, but that stuff happens. Pretty sure this fish was dead before the shark got to it….
The one thing that sensation has them on is the tournament is not an IGFA sanctioned tourtament so there rules should not apply cause it not written into big rock’s rules!
I wished the biologist would have identified the shark bite because that shark would have a bounty on it. So sad for the crew.
This is pretty silly when an "act of God" makes the fish easier to boat, but the rules don't allow for that. Sure, they don't want competitors doing something like shooting a fish to make it easier to boat, but that's a deliberate, man made event, with a set objective. Unless they can show how the folks in the boat caused the shark to strike the fish, or how they caused the fish to get a tail wrap and expire..., this should be a court victory for the boat, not the Association. (imho)
Any person that gets a fish back from a shark and you get 80% of it ??? That's Sweet !!! To me that should count !!! Has anyone gaffed a fish wile 3 to 5 sharks were after it and hitting it ??? We had one year thing got so bad that we gaffed the shark ( Gaffing a shark is hard ) so we could gaff the fish ... Cheers from Murrell's Inlet SC
Man I'd be on suicide watch if I lost that much money over a couple shark nibbles.
What a collosal bummer.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, they never really “had” $3 million….LOL!
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Joining the channel is $9.99 per month. He is sending those people something.
He has 90k subscribers. If he sent something to each subscriber, that would cost him over $1 Million
It's for channel members, which is different from subscribers. If you click the "JOIN" button you can learn more.
That would be correct sir....
Sorry for my confusion. I do think you have a very good channel.
@@ray1068 He gives out a Demon Dragon painted by himself. Glitter and all.
$793,500 bonus for the FIRST marlin 500 pounds or over to be weighed in at the tournament. Sensation had the first one to be weighed in, that's why they were eligible for it. If another boat had landed one that was 500 or above, and weighed it in before the Sensation, they would have won the bonus money. Just wanted to clarify that.
Every participant on every boat understood and agrees with the rules.
Then why are they going to court?
@@patrickseay1544 because rich white people do not think rules apply to them.....thats the only reason
I don't know if it's true or not but I heard that damaged fish had been excepted before and the rules have not been equally applied
That's the TAXMAN!
You said the 750k for the over 500# and winning. Has nothing to do with winning or losing, just the first fish over 500#.
I'm telling ya, Capt. McCoy is gonna kill every shark he brings to the side of the boat from now on....LOL!!
@@DieterMelhorn Gotta pay the taxman
One would think with that much on the line. They would have someone on board video tapping the the catch the whole time.
Every catch has video of it. This one did too……
No sound on the video
Try it again....they made it public before it was loaded
It's working now👍
Well I hope they could keep the meat from that guy or get a mount made? Do you know how that works when a fish is held over for inspection, is the fish still able to be kept and divided among the party?
These guys don't eat these fish....they end up in a dumpster or at hog farm.
@@DieterMelhorn Wow! I would think that a billfish steak would be really prized like a swordfish!
You can't eat marlin. The mercury content is too high. The marlin goes to I believe UNC(or to the Duke research center in Beaufort)right beside the DMF in Morehead City for research.
@@eastcoastlocal8536 Ok makes sense I guess a fish that big, top predator accumulates a lot of that in its life.
How the heck does it have mercury in it@@eastcoastlocal8536
This call really sucks for the crew of the sensation, they had no control over the sharks or any other marine animals. Congrats to the crew of the sushi tho. (Little side note, the new Big Rock tournament record it 914lbs. Caught by the crew of the Top Dog in 2019)
You don't understand the rule obviously! A fish is considered an easier catch if it's reeled in injured or dead. Rule makes everyone earn their fight/catch. It has to be absolute w/ no waivering.
@@ennisking6764 so exactly what did connor(original post) say that was inaccurate to the point where you formed the opinion that he "doesn't understand the rules, obviously"?
@@ennisking6764 Im aware that its a rule dude. Chill out. All i said was that the call/rule sucks for the crew of the sensation.
The way it was written sensation lost BUT this rule needs to be changed. Shark populations are now unchecked with the commercial fishing for them being shut down. This will only get more common. Also there are a lot of normal folks fishing in this. It’s also a matter of pride. First the folks want a NC boat to win then they want their port. There’s definitely some competition within competition between the Wilmington morehead city and hatteras fleets.
I think the rule is somewhat silly, though I I understand the intent.
If you think the rule is important, then any fish brought to the side of the boat dead (drowned) should be DQ’d…..
One more thing: the Big Rock is not a IGFA sanctioned tournament!... they have their own rules, and a lot which is not IGFA. 🤷♂️.
It's turned into a spectacle for publicity & sponsors like the superbowl. They need to get together and establish their rules and apply em! If it's not in their rules submitted to all anglers in writing, then it shouldn't be effective!
'Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day! Interesting story; sounds like the kind of luck I would have, if I were that calibur of a high roller.
My neighbor was on the boat tjat ultimately won. He was on the sushi
I bet he got a good pay day!!
Common sense is whats needed and we aint got any of that left in this world.
Let's hope it doesn't happen again! 6hrs is a long haul to be disqualified. And the across the board fishing gives anglers a reason not to target 1 big fish. There's so many options to catch & release smaller fish and target other species. 🤔... when a dolphin can net a boat 400,000 plus dollars.. it kinda gives boats other options to make money I guess. But the angler has no control over shark bites.. it's sad😪....
So what about all that money ?
A boat won 1st place. The Fabulous Fisherman category will roll over to next year's tournament.
While this guy means well and is trying to make content. There are several facts in this video that are incorrect. Not enough research was done before making this and posting it. The rule in question does focus on mutilation but has nothing to do with altering the weight of a fish. And the standard has to be set for all shark bites. All though this fish maybe didn’t die from its injuries. It has to be judged fairly because of tournaments goin forward. More research needs to be done
I think the fish was dead way before the shark got to it. 6+ hours to reel in a fish that size, on that tackle, usually means it’s dead.
There is video somewhere of that fish being leadered and brought aboard….that would tell a lot about that what really happened…😉
Could you buy fishing licenses online in 2010?
They should still get the money. Any angler knows when a hooked fish is on the line sharks come for free food. They should not have been DQ!
Can't stop sharks and other bigger fish from biting the marlin....so there fish is disqualified for something they have no control over...who cares if a shark took a bite of the marlin it's about how much the marlins weighs so losing a piece of marlin only makes the marlin weigh less...but should still count
The intent of the rule is to prevent people from just reeling a dead fish that is not capable of fighting.
With that said, I think they should do away with the rule….
I would sue!
This tournament has lost all credibility.
They are as bad as the Walleye cheaters. Killbigrock
It’s Apple as an oranges compared to the walleye tournament….
@@DieterMelhorn to me this is way worse. This is a dishonest tournament committee and director! Not dishonest fishermen. This is the Bud Light of tournaments now. #bigrockbudlight
Unfortunately the Marlin was killed by the shark before the fishermen were able to get their hand on it. They cannot claim the work of nature as theirs. There was no evidence that the fishermen hooked the fish to begin with. They couldn't provide video evidence of the catch. Experts have concluded that the fisherman most likely lied to have caught the fish. But what is more importantly is that the fishermen agree to the terms and conditions of the rule prior to entering this fishing tournament. So it is pretty pathetic for them to now contest the rules. No...
“…no evidence that fishermen hooked the fish to begin with….”…..where did you hear this?
Just curious where you get that information from? I live there, was there and haven't heard that at all.
@@gunnarstumpe7189 I'm curious about that too.....
I was 14 fishing out of Organ inlet we hooked up with a blue marlin at the point I was in the chair my dad handed me the rod for 14 I thought I was reeling in a VW my dad held the rod my brother held the fighting chair to keep it from turning after about an hour he sounded because he got tail wrapped end result he drowned crancking my heart out dead weight streight up for another 1 hr and half finally the leader then the shark NOTHING YOU CAN DO out of your control I'm now 67 my opinion and you know what they say about opinions those guys busted their asses to get that fish to the boat in the boat and back to the dock THEY GOT SCREWED oh yeah my fish weighed 350 big for 14 years old .
What a great story!!