Big Rock Tournament
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Keep track of this page. Usually once a boat has boated a blue and going to return, they radio in and it's posted next to the boats name the ETA. It appears the VIKING 62 has already boated a blue marlin but they havent announced the ETA yet.
http://www.thebigrock.com/hookups
Otherwise anytime around 4:30-5:00 the boats that dont have a blue marlin on board start showing up and you get to see that days gamefish (Mahi, Wahoo, Tuna) get weighed for a couple hours.
http://www.thebigrock.com/hookups
Otherwise anytime around 4:30-5:00 the boats that dont have a blue marlin on board start showing up and you get to see that days gamefish (Mahi, Wahoo, Tuna) get weighed for a couple hours.
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1pm ETA on the Viking
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VIKING 62, eta 1:00, Blue Marlin. You can watch it live here. http://www.ebmcdn.net/bigrock/flash/liveplayer/bigrocktv.html
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Sometimes that mean the fish has died and they need to crank in dead weight. Hope that's not the case here.
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Agree..................Not sure I understand anyway why are some released and some brought to the scales?
And WOW Early big rock events had few rules and early prizes were almost similar to that of pirate's treasure. In 1956 the winner received a "quart of varnish."
And WOW Early big rock events had few rules and early prizes were almost similar to that of pirate's treasure. In 1956 the winner received a "quart of varnish."
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The fish must meet a minimum length and weight to be brought to the scales. It has to hit either 400lbs or at least 110"s in length. If it's shy of 110"s in length it's the captains option to boat the blue or release it depending on if he thinks it will hit 400lbs. If it doesnt meet either of those requirements and they still boat the fish and bring it back to the weight station that boat is penalized. Therefore that's why some are released and they also have a release division.
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Because they don't make the minimum requirements set by Big Rock to be brought to the scales. Fish must be 400 pounds or 110 inches long. If you bring a fish in smaller than that, you are deducted points.
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The Big Rock is several tournaments going on at once. There is a tag and release class as well as classes for other species. The entry fees are also tiered. To get into the big money you have to tier up high and then you have the side bets like the Calcutta going on. Alot of jack to enter at the top tier for the marlin kill class.
In response to "why kill some and not others?" Some one else mentioned "legal minimum length and weight" and now that there are 3 fish over 500# there is no reason to kill anything less than 503.6#, it will pay zero. If you release it at least you accumulate release points and can potentially win $ in that category. Company boat Viking has set the bar high at 680#. 5 fish in 57 years were larger.
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It cracks me up that they say they donate the fish for research. They probably age it and weigh it... it's just something to keep the animal activists off their butt.
They also check the stomach content and sex of the fish.
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