600-pound marlin almost won a crew $3.5 million — then it was disqualified

Anglers in a North Carolina blue marlin tournament thought they clinched a $3.5 million prize. But judges soon disqualified their 600-pound catch.

Judges and fishing enthusiasts stared at the catch, waiting for the end of the 65th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in Morehead City, N.C., this weekend. It took the crew of the Sensation more than six hours fromtheir vessel. It unofficially weighed 619.4 pounds, which would have clinched the tournament and $3.5 million in— $2.77 million for winning the competition and $739,500 for bringing in this year’s first catch over 500 pounds.

because of the chunk missing from the marlin.

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