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2007 - It Ain't Over 'Til the Phat Mann Sings! The weatherman saved the best for last as much of the day was sunny with a light breeze for the 160 boats fishing on the final day of the 2007 Mid-Atlantic $500,000. As it always has been, Friday once again lived up to its "moving day" reputation and the leaderboard took a beating as scorekeepers kept busy updating the standings in both weight and point categories. The billfish bite was spread throughout the canyons though the majority of the tuna weighed-in reportedly came from Toms Canyon. The entire complexion of the white marlin category changed on Friday as Mark and Amy Granville-Smith aboard their Phat Mann shocked the entire tournament field when they weighed a new tournament record white marlin of 92 pounds to easily win the category and $750,112. Josh Foster's Rampageous finished in second place with his 77-pound white marlin caught on Day Four and received $136,984. Gina Addeo's Gina Lisa with Danny Scotti at the wheel captured third place after weighing a 69-pound white marlin on Friday and took home $67,872. Andy Polash's Island Girl had the hot hand in the blue marlin division for the week as he weighed a 536-pound blue marlin on Friday to win the category. Island Girl also took second place with the 524-pound blue marlin weighed on Day Three. Island Girl's combined prize money was $327,175. Martin Judge Jr. on his Judge finished in third place with a 414-pound blue marlin weighed on Friday and received $67,872. The 212-pound big eye tuna caught aboard Ken Gallop's Big Kid on Day One won the tuna category and $229,523 while Bob Bocchino's Mehl Ticket took second place with the big eye of 172 pounds, also caught on Day One and received $186,192. Jim Davidson's Reel Class took third place after weighing a 168-pound big eye on Friday and won $62,872. Mike Freundlich's Nightwind won the dolphin category with a 39-pound mahi-mahi and received $10,000 while Val Lynch's Cyntinory claimed the wahoo category with a 77-pound 'hoo and also won $10,000. Tom Sperl's Lethal Weapon took the Most Points White Marlin category with 675 points for eight white marlin releases and one blue marlin release. Tim Hakes Fin-Ness took 2nd Most Points White Marlin with 600 points for nine white marlin releases while Gary Ingram's Big Oh to 3rd Most Points White Marlin, also with 600 points and eight releases and finished in third place based on time of catch. In the Most Points Blue Marlin category Andy Polash's Island Girl took top honors with 530 points for his two boated blue marlin and Larry Richardson's Always Late took 2nd Most Points Blue Marlin with 300 points and two releases. The 3rd Most Points Blue Marlin based on time of catch went to Nick and Trish Rodriguez on the Par Five with 300 points and two blue marlin released. Ken Karl's Mollie K III took the Most Points Tuna award with 380.5 points while Pete Brancaleone's Volatility took 2nd Most Points Tuna with 302 points. Adam LaRosa's Canyon Runner won 3rd Most Points Tuna with 292 points. The prestigious Most Points Overall award went to Tim Hake's Fin-Ness with 750 points for seven white marlin released during the tournament. Boats with significant white marlin releases on Friday include Gary Ingram's Big Oh with six while Tom Sperl's Lethal Weapon and Buddy Trala's Pumpin' Hard each released five. Tim Hake's Fin-Ness and Pat Healy's Viking 68 each released four while Anthony Martino's Concubine, Adam Buchman's Gina Lea and Eric Blank's Intrinsic each released three white marlin. Boats with two white marlin releases on Friday include Dr. Helen Slone's Guided Discovery; William Burris' Melina; Bob Coppock's Blue Sky; Thomas Swider's Salty Susan and Jim Foulke's Trust Me. Other boats with two white marlin releases on Friday include Ron Levy's Sea Splendor; Herb Smith's Sensation; Wayne Niedoba's Plumber's Paradise; Dan Borislow's Triple Crown; Jim McCarthy's Covert Mission; Bill Frame's Champagne; Val Lynch's Cytinory; Butch Davis' Cerveza and Joe Aiello's Reel'n & Deal'n. Nick and Trish Rodriguez's Par Five; Patrick McGovern's Mack Attack; Dennis Meinhart's Sea Wolf and Gary Stamm's Pumpin' Hard each released a blue marlin and a white marlin on Friday while Larry Richardson's Always Late released a blue marlin. |
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