"We didn't see a single thing" swim near the fish, Sensation owner Ashley Bleau said on Tuesday, speaking to Pirate Radio TV. He added that the damage to the marlin was "superficial." Bleau has ...

The Sensation has theorized this marlin’s wounds may have fallen into those categories. “We don’t know whether that fish was bit before, earlier in the year, the week, or on our hook.

It took longer than a second to come to a final ruling, but on Sunday morning, tournament officials officially disqualified Sensation’s fish because of the chunk missing from the marlin.

Image Darrin Cox, known as Scooter, unloading fish from the Sensation. On the last day of the tournament, he had a hunch Sensation would catch a marlin.Credit...Madeline Gray for The New York ...

“It would appear that this fish has been bitten by a shark.” Indeed, a photo of the happy crew and the hanging marlin shows the marlin had visible wounds on its underside and near its tai ...

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