The tournament was extended two days to a full week, and some days hundreds of anglers hit the water while on other days only a handful of the 282 registered boats went fishing.

Michael Jordan’s fishing yacht Catch 23 scored big Saturday. The NBA legend’s boat landed a 71-pound white marlin and a second-place finish in Ocean City’s annual White Marlin Open.

Ocean City, Maryland, hosted the 52nd annual White Marlin Open from August 4 to 8, 2025, drawing 318 boats and awarding more than $10.5 million in total prize money, marking one of the largest purses in the tournament’s history.