After a week of fishing that saw white marlin bite in record numbers, it was another down to the wire finish at the 2010 Mid Atlantic $500,000! For the first time in the tournament’s 19-year history, the blue marlin category went unfilled. Although several blue marlin were caught and released, the 400-pound minimum weight was tough to crack and all the prize money for the category was rolled over to the white marlin category and equally divided among winners. Next year’s tournament which will mark the 20th anniversary of this most prestigious event.

MA500 Photo Gallery

Final Standings

Weight Standings

Heaviest White Marlin – tie – 88 lbs. Billfisher – Bill Zimmerman – $791,442, Lady Luck – Steve Ramsey – $298,514

3^rd Heaviest White Marlin – 82 lbs. – Cracker – Chris Schultz – $204, 573

Blue Marlin – No qualifying blue marlin were caught so prize money was rolled over to the white marlin category and divided equally among the winners.

Heaviest Tuna – 177 lbs. – Impulse IV – Matt Kriedel – $168,812

2^nd Heaviest Tuna – 105 lbs. – Reel Chaos – Anthony Matarese – $100,265

3^rd Heaviest Tuna – 84 lbs. – Fin-Ness – Don Pyle – $78,893

*Heaviest Dolphin – 56 lbs. – American Lady – Russell Baiocco – $10,000

Heaviest Wahoo – 49 lbs. – Shelly II – Don Haines – $10,000

*Denotes new tournament record.

Boats receiving calcutta money but not receiving tournament purse money for various catches during the week include the following:

Toplesss – Scott Steele – $27,427

Tar Heel – Mike Chrysanthopolis – $24,510

Singularis – Jeff Citron – $20,425

Krazy Salts – Dave Anderson – $15,172

All In – Curtis Maycomber – $12,255

Lil’ Man – Steve Dayton – $12,255

Canyon Lady – William Diller – $7,002

Point Standings

Most Points White Marlin – 1575 pts. – Judge – Marty Judge

2^nd Most Points White Marlin – 1350 pts. – Shark Byte – Peter Cherasia

3^rd Most Points White Marlin – 1200 pts. – Viking 70 – Pat Healy

Most Points Blue Marlin – 300 pts. – Fin-Ness – Don Pyle

2^nd Most Points Blue Marlin – 300 pts. – Emanon – Brian Sullivan

3^rd Most Points Blue Marlin – 150 pts. – Reel Joy – Susan McCart

Most Points Tuna – 214 pts. Krazy Salts – Dave Anderson

2^nd Most Points Tuna – 98 pts. – Tar Heel – Mike Chrysanthopolis

3^rd Most Points Tuna – 96.5 pts. – Toplesss – Scott Steele

Most Points Overall – 1575 pts. – Judge – Marty Judge

*Please note that point ties were broken based on time of catch.

Catch Report

White marlin released – 527

White marlin boated – 31

Blue marlin released – 11

Blue marlin boated – 2

Tuna weighed – 26

Wahoo weighed – 2

Dolphin (mahi-mahi) weighed – 14