While an early social media post from White Marlin Open stated that there are 13 boats fishing today, when the scales open on Thursday, tournament announcers said that there are actually just 4 boats that decided to fish on Day 4. But it only takes one boat to come to the scales and potentially shake up the leaderboard.

A Virginia Beach boat reeled in a 95-pound tuna on Tuesday and held that category’s lead Wednesday afternoon. But the catch lost value when another white marlin hit the scales.

The 2025 White Marlin Open in Ocean City, Maryland got off to a blazing hot start on Day 1 with a boat bringing a nearly 1,000-pound blue marlin to the