Sports & outdoors
White Marlin Open schedule
Registration weekend, the six-day fishing window, free weigh-ins, MarlinFest, and awards. Dates pulled from the official WMO dates page.
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Dates and prices change—confirm with official sources before you book travel. Status uses US Eastern calendar dates for “today.”
Confirm every time against the live WMO schedule and captains-meeting notes before you travel. Weather holds can shift fishing days.
When What Details
Sat, Aug 1 Registration — Harbour Island Marina 11:00 AM–5:00 PM at Harbour Island Marina (Ocean City).
Sat, Aug 1 Registration — Cape May, NJ 11:00 AM–3:00 PM at South Jersey Marina office.
Sun, Aug 2 Late registration — Harbour Island 11:00 AM–7:00 PM at Harbour Island Marina.
Sun, Aug 2 Captain’s meeting (virtual) 7:00 PM — virtual only on the WMO website and Facebook (confirm live links).
Mon, Aug 3 Fishing begins Lines out 8:00 AM. New 2026 format: fish any 3 days inside Aug 3–8.
Mon–Sat, Aug 3–8 Fishing window Daily fishing hours 8:00 AM–3:30 PM. Choose any three of the six days.
Mon–Sat, Aug 3–8 Official weigh-ins 4:00–9:15 PM at Harbour Island Marina only (14th Street & the Bay). Free public viewing.
Mon–Sat, Aug 3–8 MarlinFest (Inlet) 11:00 AM–9:00 PM at the Ocean City Inlet — music, food/drink, vendors, merch, weigh-in livestream (marlinfest.com).
Sun, Aug 9 Polygraph testing Times and locations TBA on official channels.
Sun, Aug 9 Awards ceremony 4:00 PM at the Ocean City Marlin Club, West Ocean City.
Format notes
- New for 2026: fish any 3 of 6 days (Mon Aug 3–Sat Aug 8)—see the six-day format announcement .
- Daily fishing hours: 8:00 AM–3:30 PM. Official scales only at Harbour Island.
- Captain’s meeting is virtual-only Sunday Aug 2 at 7:00 PM — watch captains-meeting links .
Published future weeks
Organizers list placeholder first-full-week-of-August windows:
- August 2–7, 2027
- August 7–12, 2028
- August 6–11, 2029
