Results of the 2014 Ocean City Shark Tournament

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine,
02. June 2014

 

34th Annual Ocean City Shark Tournament

Location: Ocean City Fishing Center, Maryland, USA.
Date: 29. to 31. May 2014

18 boats participated in this year’s Ocean City Shark Tournament.
The entry fee was reduced from $650 to $575.
The total payout for all categories was over $43,320.
The four main categories this year are the Mako Division, Open Division (blue shark and thresher shark) ,
Release Division and Children’s Division.

Catch Statistic:

A total of 122 sharks were caught, with the vast majority (107 sharks) being released.
Only 15 sharks were kept and brought to the weigh-in station.
The largest specimen was a 346 lbs thresher shark, the largest mako shark weighed 314 lbs and the largest blue shark was 148 lbs in weight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mako Division – Weigh-in Results (Prize Money: $16,830):

Species: Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Weight: 314 lbs
Angler: Sean Hogan
Boat: Sweetie

Species: Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Weight: 193 lbs
Angler: Nate Leader
Boat: Keep ‘Er Wet

Species: Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Weight: 189 lbs
Boat: Absolute Pleasure

Species: Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Weight: 170 lbs
Boat: Restless Lady

Species: Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Weight: 144 lbs
Boat: Absolut Pleasure

One weighed-in Mako shark is unknown (not reported by sources).

 

Open Division – Weigh-in Results  (Prize Money: $12,159) :

Species: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Weight: 346 lbs
Angler: Blake McGrath
Boat: Reel Instigator

Species: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Weight: 203 lbs
Angler: Mike Kreiser
Boat: Teaser

Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Weight: 147 lbs
Boat: Redemption

Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Weight: 148 lbs
Angler: Bob Sawyer
Boat: Reel Instigator

Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Weight: 142 lbs
Angler: Evan Carmen
Boat: All Hooked Up

Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Weight: 132 lbs
Angler: Ricky DeWitt
Boat: Restless Lady

Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Weight: 131 lbs
Angler: Mike Ennis
Boat: Intimidator

Species: Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Weight: 98 lbs
Angler: Curt Howell
Boat: Still Searchin

One weighed-in Blue shark is unknown (not reported by sources).

Release Division (Prize Money: $13,590) :

1st Place:
Boat: Nontypical
Releases:
– 4 Makos
– 9 Sanbar sharks
– 13 Blue sharks

2nd Place:
Boat: Absolut Pleasure
Releases:
– 3 Makos
– 9 Blue sharks

Children’s Division (Prize Money: $750) :
1st Place:
Angler: Evan Carmen (13)
Boat: All Hooked Up
Catch: 142 lbs Blue shark

2nd Place:
Angler: Jimmy Tippett (10)
Boat: Absolut Pleasure
Catch (Released): 1 Mako, 4 Blue sharks

3rd Place:
Angler: Noah Morris (11)
Boat: Intimidator
Catch (Released): 1 Blue shark

Sources: Ocean City Fishing Center, OC Shark Tournament

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