Carmine “Chip” Caruso’s Pipe Dreamer, a Viking 70, won the Blue Marlin division with an 889-pound fish. Captain Rich Fernandez pulled up to the scale with a massive blue marlin stretched across the cockpit. Andy Confortini fought the big blue on a 130-pound class outfit and had the fish to the boat in just 20 minutes. The huge marlin measured 133 1/2”. The Pipe Dreamer crew, which has been fishing together for the better part of two decades, landed the fish at 9am on Wednesday, then held their breath until the scales closed at 9pm on Friday. Of note, Pipe Dreamer’s payout was a tournament record for a blue marlin and their fish was the 3rd heaviest blue marlin in the tournament’s history. |