Every year, the village of Big Rock hosts a tournament called “The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament”, a contest to see which fishing boat can get the heaviest Blue Marlin. The people who catch a Blue Marlin heavier than 500 pounds get a reward of 1.5 million dollars! That’s a lot of money, enough to buy an entire house complete with a front and back yard.
Out of 271 fishing boats in the big rock blue marlin tournament, the boat “Sensation” brought in the heaviest Blue Marlin, and the only one weighing over 500 pounds (it was later given an unofficial weight of 619.4). But, because the fish was mutilated by getting bitten by a shark, it was disqualified! The reason for the disqualification was because the rules say: “If a fish has a chunk taken out of it, whether it be by a boat or another fish or shark or whatever, it’s not going to be fighting to its full potential.” So, because of that rule, the fish got disqualified. With the largest fish out of the way, first place was given to “Sushi”, the boat that was in second place and caught a blue marlin that weighed 484.4 pounds.
Out of 271 fishing boats in the big rock blue marlin tournament, the boat “Sensation” brought in the heaviest Blue Marlin, and the only one weighing over 500 pounds (it was later given an unofficial weight of 619.4). But, because the fish was mutilated by getting bitten by a shark, it was disqualified! The reason for the disqualification was because the rules say: “If a fish has a chunk taken out of it, whether it be by a boat or another fish or shark or whatever, it’s not going to be fighting to its full potential.” So, because of that rule, the fish got disqualified. With the largest fish out of the way, first place was given to “Sushi”, the boat that was in second place and caught a blue marlin that weighed 484.4 pounds.