White Marlin Open. Capt. Rich

[Hotrod]

Hope this holds for him and the Crew!!

$400,000 Fish!

Cool Live stream Here
http://whitemarlinopen.com/

[fluke - u]

  ... Good Luck ... 

[IrishAyes]

 

[Hunter 2]

Nice Rich!!

[Reel Time]

That'd be awesome,,, Good Luck!!

[Hotrod]

 Level F is the blue marlin winner-take-all division and had 194 boats entered and a pool of $360,000.  The “Get reel” was not entered in the F Level but the “Hubris” was.  The rules state that if no boat in the F Level lands a qualifying blue marlin, the money goes to the top tuna among the 194 boats.  As of now, that is the “Hubris,” which would see their winnings almost double by adding another $360,000 to their $400,000 tuna winnings.

[Takes Prizoners]

$400,000? what the hell is the entry fee?

[Hotrod]

A Lot..  The top prize white Marlin at 76 lbs stands at 2.4 million

[fellinger]

Yeah their fish is still at $760,000! I think there is only like 20 more min of fishing for that category.

From what I understand the entry fee is only like a $1,000. There is a total of $4.4 million in prize money. I think all in for Calcuttas is like $30,000.

[Reel Time]

  C'mon Rich, bring it home,,,

[Takes Prizoners]

they've had a nice clean and clear camera feed for the weigh-ins this year

[Hotrod]

Scales are open.. this is it.. Live feed is cool.. Rich still holding.. but there were 295 boats fishing today,,,

[Reel Time]

Scales close in another 23 minutes,,,,,

[Reel Time]

Gratz Rich and crew of the Hubris
 

[Hotrod]

 

[IrishAyes]

From the tournament site:

Another record set in in this year’s event was the 236.5-pound bigeye tuna caught by Rich Kosztyu from Hamilton, NJ aboard the Forked River, NJ based “Hubris.” They had already won $400,000 for their top Tuna. What they didn’t count on was money coming from the Level F that was a winner take all division for blue marlin and had $361,000 in the pot.  The “Get Reel’s” blue marlin was not entered in that category and the rules say that if no blue marlin qualifies, that money goes to the winning tuna.  That happened to be the “Hubris” and the boats total winnings for the top tuna ended up to be a WMO Tournament Record tuna payout of $767,091.

Congrats Rich and teammates. 

[IKAT]

congrats rich----

Start at 6:55 video

[Still Running]

      

[Hunter 2]

Awesome!!!!

[Hotrod]

1300 white marlin caught.. only one hit the scale..  The top prizes was so large because they basically took 1st 2nd and 3rd in all the categories they entered..


STARS ALIGN FOR “KALLIANASSA” TO WIN RECORD $2,818,662 PAYOUT
8/12/16

Somehow, the “Kallianassa” found a better deck.  All the stars had to be aligned for Phil Heasley and the “Kallianassa” (both from Naples, FL), to win over $2.8 plus million for catching a marlin.  First, they would need to enter all of the white marlin divisions including the $5000 and $10,000 winner take all levels.  Next, they would have to catch a qualifying white marlin, which they had much less control over and but succeeded by Tuesday.  Third, they would have to be the ONLY qualifying white marlin which they had absolutely no control over.  They covered their part and fate did the rest.  No other white marlin qualified so “Kallianassa” took first, second, and third place money for every white marlin category which equaled more than $2,400,000.  But fate had one more surprise.  There was one more pool (Level D), that held $460,000 to be divided equally between white marlin and blue marlin winners in Level D. The “Get Reel” wasn’t entered in the Level D division but the “Kallianassa” was.  So in addition to the ice cream, syrup and whipped cream, the “Kallianassa” gets the $460,000 cherry on top.