The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament — which awarded a total purse of more than $7.5 million last year — again will be lucrative when boats hit the water in the coming days.

'Big Trouble' boated a blue marlin at 12:25 on Saturday afternoon, and just after 2:30 p.m., the boat arrived to be weighed. They are now taking home a payout of about $2.5 million!

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN) - On the final day of the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, ‘Big Trouble’ brought in a 517.1-pound blue marlin and took home the title of this year’s Big Rock Blue ...

3:00 PM Lines are out of the water for Day 1 of The Big Rock with no blue marlins boated by any of the 43 boats out on the water on Monday. 9:29 AM The day’s first unofficial release went to ...

Big Rock’s featured artist brings tournament to life with this year’s t-shirt design by: Lauren Beachy, Alex Harper Posted: Jun 12, 2025 / 06:10 PM EDT Updated: Jun 12, 2025 / 06:10 PM EDT ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WNCT) — The 67th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament kicked off Monday with just 43 of the 272 boats entering the water. Boats have two lay days where they must stay at shore ...