34th Annual MidAtlantic Underway! Hurricane Erin Adds One Day of Fishing to Tournament
Greetings and welcome to the 2025 MidAtlantic! Tournament Week kicked off today in Cape May, New Jersey and Ocean City, Maryland under beautiful sunny skies. Crews continued to arrive yesterday and today at both venues for sportfishing’s “Main Event” on the tournament calander every summer. The past two weeks have been hectic on several fronts, […]
MidAtlantic Entry List Growing Fast as Billfish Bite Goes Off!
With two weeks to go before “Tournament Week” gets underway, preparations for the 2025 MidAtlantic are moving along quickly. The billfish bite has turned red hot over the past couple weeks from Cape May to Ocean City and crews have been prowling the canyons when weather allows. Many have had some impressive days releasing numerous […]
Ya Gotta Be In It to Win It!
We’re a little over a month away from the 2025 MidAtlantic and the offshore season is off to a great start! The first white marlin and blue marlin have been encountered all across the canyons off the Mid-Atlantic coast that lie within the tournament’s 125 mile fishing boundary. A number of both billfish species have […]
34th Annual MidAtlantic Tournament Registration Open!
After a winter season of on-land storage or in a warmer climate, early June typically sees the annual return of many familiar and some new faces and their boats back to the mid-Atlantic region. For many, the first week of the month often heralds the first offshore trips of the new season as well as […]
Big Blue Marlin Dominate Final Day of the 2024 MidAtlantic
The weather couldn’t have been any better for the final fishing day of the 33rd Annual MidAtlantic. The midweek breeze that created sporty sea conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday dissipated and Day Five dawned sunny with a light wind and flat ocean. On the day the entire fleet of 198 boats were eligible to fish […]
A Shake-up Across the Leaderboard on Day Four
Day Four of the 2024 MidAtlantic dawned sunny and cool though the stiff breeze of the past two days dropped out considerably overnight and sea conditions improved dramatically. A string of vessel navigation lights stretched from both of the tournament’s host marinas to their respective inlet early this morning as 196 boats made the trek […]
Little Change After Day Three
It’s Day Three and we’ve reached the midway point of the 2024 MidAtlantic tournament. The cool breeze of the past couple days continues and although refreshing, a more favorable offshore forecast for the remaining two days of the tournament kept much of the tournament fleet tied to the host marinas in Cape May and Ocean […]
White Marlin and Wahoo Highlight Day Two
A taste of fall weather swept across the mid-Atlantic region overnight into Day Two of the 33rd MidAtlantic tournament bringing cool temperatures and a sustained northwest breeze that did little to flatten the sporty sea conditions the fleet found the day before. On the day, 62 boats headed offshore including 33 from Cape May and […]
White Marlin and Tuna Highlight Day One
Day One of the 2024 MidAtlantic dawned sunny and breezy after a line of overnight thunderstorms pushed through the tournament venues. The remnants of Hurricane Ernesto had moved far north and offshore but left behind a swell that made conditions offshore a bit sporty for the 88 boats that gave it a go on Day […]
33rd MidAtlantic Tournament Gets Underway!
Celebrating 33 years of Competition, Opportunity and Camaraderie, the 2024 MidAtlantic kicked off today at Canyon Club Resort Marina in Cape May, New Jersey and Sunset Marina, the tournament’s only official satellite venue, in Ocean City, Maryland. Hurricane Ernesto, though hundreds of miles off the east coast, dished out a stiff breeze and large ground […]