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June 25, 2022

Big Rock

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Mercenaria wins more than $3.4M at Big Rock

June 22, 2022 Griffin Daughtry

MOREHEAD CITY — The Big Rock Foundation broke out the giant checks and the lie detectors this past weekend as its 64th annual Blue Marlin Tournament officially came to a close. Two hundred sixty-six boats […]

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Big Rock tournament underway in Morehead City

June 15, 2022 Griffin Daughtry

MOREHEAD CITY — If you went back in time to 1957 and asked locals whether you could catch billfish off the coast of North Carolina, they’d probably tell you it was nothing more than idle […]

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Pelagic Hunter II wins Big Rock

June 14, 2020 North State Journal Staff

Michael Jordan’s 80-foot Catch 23 made waves at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament and in the national media on Tuesday, boating a 442.3-pound blue marlin that ended up being the ninth-biggest catch of the […]

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Big Rock tournament off to fast start; Jordan’s boat lands 442-pound marlin

June 10, 2020 Neal Robbins

The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, a nine-day fishing tournament highlighted by the Monday through Saturday quest to catch the biggest blue marlin off the Crystal Coast, is underway for the 62nd straight year. According […]

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Hurricanes’ Svechnikov provides supplies to Boys & Girls Club

June 3, 2020 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Hurricanes winger Andrei Svechnikov can’t wait to get back on the ice and resume the 2019-20 NHL season, but he knows the months-long coronavirus pandemic has impacted others as well. That led the […]

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Big, hungry marlin lead to wild first day at Big Rock

June 12, 2019 Shawn Krest

MOREHEAD CITY — If we’ve learned anything in the first day of competition at Big Rock, it’s that the marlins have been eating well. The 61st annual Big Rock Tournament is in full swing, and […]

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NC woman cashes in at Big Rock

June 27, 2018 Shawn Krest

Lauren Dudley doesn’t think of herself as a competitive fisherman. “I’m not, really,” the Washington, N.C., native said. “My husband (Stuart) does it a lot. I had fished at Big Rock with him a couple […]

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Honey Hush holds on for Big Rock win

June 20, 2018 Cory Lavalette

The crew of the Honey Hush landed the first 500-pound fish of the 2018 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, but missed out on the Winner-Take-All bonus worth more than half a million dollars because the […]

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Day 2 of Big Rock sees two marlins

June 13, 2018 Cory Lavalette

The 60th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament got off to a slow start Monday, but fishing off the Crystal Coast heated up on Day 2. A day after no blue marlins made it to the […]

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