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The Longfin day 2 and final day marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:31 pm
by Reelax
Well Gerry and I just finished day 2 of 3 on the Longfin in ocean city... it is day 3 of the 2018 white Marlin open. We fished off shore again today and ran mahi mahi and white tuna flags back into the inlet.. 380+ boats an 881 lb blue marlin for 700k a tuna around 70 was like 960k. and a 2.4 million dollar 76lb white marlin are top of board now. The one in this video was only about 55-60lbs and was short so was only gonna be a leader grab release and we did get release pts for it. The mahi was too small to weigh.


Tomorrow is a rest day. FRIDAY we head back out for the last day. (Each boat can only fish 3 of 5 days)


Can’t wait. This has been a dream. More to come!

https://youtu.be/l_13i8pgMTQ

Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:15 pm
by lazycs
looks like a blast Matt, good luck to you guys on your last day out.....

Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:04 pm
by Honest John
Wow that's unbelievable... good luck out there today!

anyone curious about the current leaders here is the link... that is some serious coin $$$$$$$

https://whitemarlinopen.com/

Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:06 pm
by Honest John
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Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:16 pm
by Reelax
Wow what a day. Just in from docks. Beat. It was calm all day and we ended up 74 miles out on the far side of Baltimore canyon. Long story tomorrow . But for now. Know the Longfin flew white marlin blue marlin and a maco shark flag in the inlet today... it was epic... the blue was an amazing thing. I got to fight a white marlin... it was a blast.. videos coming of all species noted... I just have to figure out how to
Post 30mim battles... lol

Wow I will be back. And I want one of these
Boats BAD

Ps gecha got the maco... wicked 20 min battle...

Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:22 pm
by The River Rat
Mmm.... mako! Fish on guys. Very curios!

Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:25 pm
by Reelax
Driving 11 hrs with a hangover tomorrow... videos may take a while... but they will be HD

Reelax out... ps this the the only derby I entered in 2018. :mrgreen:

Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:32 pm
by The River Rat
If you dream it,
Try it,
If you come to enjoy it,
Be it,
Once it's in you,
Believe in it,
Being in it, is it.... and your hooked!

Re: The Longfin day 2 marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:26 am
by raz
Sweet stuff Matt and cool you got to live your dream. Can't wait to watch the videos. I found myself with my lap top running with the live streaming weigh in's nightly. It was great entertainment even when there wasn't a boat tied up weighing a catch. That's no doubt a world class event. Congratulations to you, Gerry, and the rest of the Longfin crew!

Re: The Longfin day 2 and final day marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:17 pm
by Reelax
Ok here is Gerry with his maco shark... it was below the size limit so we didn’t bring to weigh.


https://youtu.be/SiPby0sZrYw

Re: The Longfin day 2 and final day marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:26 pm
by Reelax
Here is a short video of the end of the battle with big blue marlin. This fish was over 6ft. And 300+ lbs. capt said he wouldn’t bring to scales as it was so rare... would have had to be 124” to bring in . We guess it was only 80-90

I loved it when he bunny hopped away from the boat and ripped a 1/2 spool in 2 min... sorry mike start all over...

Hundred lb leader snapped like spaghetti when Lance grabbed for legal release. But look closely you can see in under water for last 30 sec of video..

Epic


https://youtu.be/jcUXggzuk70

Re: The Longfin day 2 and final day marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:36 pm
by Reelax
Still trying to down load the best video. We hoisted a white marlin aboard for some photos on the last day... . Video is over 11 min long.. trying to upload driving up i87 ain’t going well.. stay tuned..

Fish on!

With a twist of salt

Re: The Longfin day 2 and final day marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:53 pm
by The River Rat
Great stuff Reelax, catchin monsters, not only all over Champy but on the big pond too! Wicked life style... take notes kids :cry:

Re: The Longfin day 2 and final day marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:23 am
by raz
Too Cool man...The boat in reverse chasing that Marlin is outstanding stuff!

Re: The Longfin day 2 and final day marlin open 2018 ocean city Maryland.

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:33 am
by Reelax
Raz wrote:Too Cool man...The boat in reverse chasing that Marlin is outstanding stuff!

What is cool is these boats can spin on a dime without moving forward or backwards... we had to do that a few times with the different marlin on... the black diesel smoke billowing from the wash and smell made it all the more dramatic. I am now down loading 3 more sections of the blue marlin fight and the white we hoisted aboard the last day... it was 60”.. still short to weigh by 7”!

I wanna go back bad.