OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 38th Small Boat Tournament was once again a big success last weekend with plenty of action both inshore and offshore.
Dozens of boats participated in the tournament, which provides an opportunity for some of the smaller vessels in the resort’s sport fishing fleet to compete before the larger Ocean City Tuna Tournament and the White Marlin Open arrive on the summer tournament calendar. As the name implies, the tournament is open to boats with a length of 34 feet or under.
The tournament was held last weekend with daily weigh-ins at Sunset Marinas. Awards and cash prizes were distributed to the winners in several categories at the awards banquet at the close of the event. In the offshore division, warded were given to the winners in two categories including tuna and dolphin.
In the tuna category, the Vapor Trail took first place with a 60-pounder with $1,620. The Reel Fin Addict took second with a 50-pounder worth $567 and tied for third with a 49.6-pounder worth $189. The Canyon Blues also tied for third with a 49.6-pound tuna worth $189. In the dolphin category, the Nauti-Girl swept the division with an 11-8-pounder worth $2,565 taking the top prize and a 11.8-pounder for second place along with a 10.4-pounder for third place.
In the inshore divisions, similar scenarios played out with individual boats taking all three top spots in certain categories. The Jezebel took first place in the flounder division with a1.8-pounder and earned $980. The Jezebel also swept the sea bass category, taking all three top spots and earning a combined $480.
In the bluefish division, the Slaugherhouse swept the top three spots and earned $120 in prize money. The Joken swept the tog division, filling out the top three spots, and earned $180 in prize money.
