The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in Morehead City, North Carolina was stop number three in the 2008 MTU Legend Series. This event drew 184 boats with over 1,100 anglers competing for prizes totaling $1.6 million dollars. A total of 179 billfish were released. Last year’s Legend Series event winner here Chain Link took a third place behind Sea Striker and eventual Big Rock Legend Series winner Sea Hag from Jamestown, NC. Big news at this event was a late weigh in by overall event winner Bak Bar who pulled up to the late night weigh-in with a crowd of over 1,000 people to see their tournament-winning 613 lb. Blue Marlin.