The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club paid out $144,325 in prize money at least week’s second annual Tuna Open. The event drew 66 boats.
The first-place finisher was Bacon Wrapped, coming away with $38,787. Totalmess was second with $28,350. They were followed by Random Chaos, $16,965; Crazytuna, $15,315; and Reeldetermined, $13,920.
4-Reel captured first place for the heaviest tuna, landing a 130-pound big-eye whopper, more than twice the size of the 60-pound big-eye landed by Bacon Wrapped.
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