Record releases highlight Big Rock.

From: News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) | Date: June 21, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Mike Zlotnicki

Jun. 21--Tommy Lewis of Huger, S.C., reached Morehead City just after 11 p.m. Friday with a blue marlin that his son, Charlie, needed nearly six hours to land.

Fifteen hours later, when no bigger fish was caught during the final hours of fishing, the Bak Bar crew began its celebration.

Their 613-pound blue marlin had won the 49th-annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, garnering $800,839 from the $1,568,950 purse.

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