BIG ROCK

[FEETDOWN]

Just said it was in the boat

[romeocadet08]

The 54th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament opened Monday under ideal conditions and this proved to be perfect for the crew of the Flybuoy..

Flybuoy, captained by Todd Baxley of Charleston, S.C., landed the first blue marlin of the tourney after a 92-minute fight. Baxley is now headed toward the Big Rock scales and is estimated to arrive around 5:30 p.m.

Excellent weather yielded 30 billfish hookups, including 19 blue marlins and three sailfish. A rare billfish grand slam was recorded by Bench Mark, a Greenwood, S.C.-based boat captained by Bobby Garmany. The Bench Mark team released a white marlin, a blue marlin and a sailfish during the Big Rock opener.

Compromise, captained by Larry Braham, John’s Island, S.C., captured daily $2,000 prize for scoring the first release of the day. The Compromise crew hooked and released a blue marlin just 21 minutes into the competition.

[KRT]

5:30pm estimated weigh in

[PBiz]

Grandslam as in Blue, white and sail?

[romeocadet08]

Grandslam as in Blue, white and sail?

Roger DAT

[PBiz]

So what is it called when a swordfish is added in the mix?

[DRDUCK]

Lucky?

[GreenHeadRocker]

So what is it called when a swordfish is added in the mix?

Dats a in the park grand slam I guess

[buckpro]

So what is it called when a swordfish is added in the mix?

Super slam

[meat stick]

499.3 pounds 7/10ths of a pound from 250,000 dollars.

[whitty]

son of a bitch that is as close as it gets

[Whackumstackum]

And you know that fish lost more weight than that on the ride in, fuck!

[romeocadet08]

Shoulda jammed the hose in the gaff hole for the last hour of the ride

[Capt. Tom]

Shoulda jammed the hose in the gaff hole for the last hour of the ride

Would have caused them to fail the polygraph.

[DRDUCK]

I feel sick and I ain't even in it

[marlin035]

Shoulda jammed the hose in the gaff hole for the last hour of the ride

Tampons...pro tip!

Congrats to Todd and the crew!

[romeocadet08]

Tampons...pro tip!

Congrats to Todd and the crew!

Bingo!!! ..

Isn't is "safe" to say that a fish will typically loose 2%-4% of its body weight on a 3hr ride back to the scales. I was told that for every hour a fish is out the water it'll loose right at 1% of body weight...up to 6%-7% total ..basically its a dehydration thing which is understandable.

PS
Before the smart ass's chime in...this came directly from a former BR winner

[Goin Coastal]

The time we won Isle of Palms GC, there were no large fish bags yet. So, we covered the fish and bags of ice with our sleeping bags. Kept them hosed down the whole way in. Was pretty effective. After she was weighed, and lay on the dock waiting to be cleaned, you could watch the skin drying out pretty quickly.

[romeocadet08]

The time we won Isle of Palms GC, there were no large fish bags yet. So, we covered the fish and bags of ice with our sleeping bags. Kept them hosed down the whole way in. Was pretty effective. After she was weighed, and lay on the dock waiting to be cleaned, you could watch the skin drying out pretty quickly.

We sacrificed a pretty hefty sailfish a few years ago in order to make some smoked sailfish dip...you could almost watch the SOB dry up and shribble minute-by-minute...

[romeocadet08]

The first year of the Charleston harbor tournament...we caught a dolphin that was first place at 54lbs as soon as it came out the water....7.5hrs later it was 50lbs and ended up being a 2nd place fish