“It’s the final hour, the final day and we fought with him for six hours,” McCoy told the Washington Post. “It’s a tough pill to swallow.”
A shark took a bite out of one crew’s dream of winning a high-stakes fishing competition when the massive marlin they reeled in was disqualified by tournament officials for being mutilated.
“It was determined that Sensation’s 619.9 Blue Marlin is disqualified due to mutilation caused by a shark or other marine animal,” the The decision came after “careful deliberation and discussions” with tournament officials and experts.his crew believed they were winners after battling to hook the huge marlin for hours.
The crew would have earned $2.77 million for coming in first place and another $739,500 for the first catch of the year that is more than 500 pounds, the Washington Post reported.
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