North Carolina boat wins top prize of nearly $3.7 million at White Marlin Open
![Ven Poole, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident, reeled in the white marlin — the tournament's first white marlin catch since 2022 — at about 8:44 a.m. Tuesday. Then the waiting began as the tournament's 317 other boats fished off the Ocean City, Maryland, coast in a quest to unseat Waste Knot. Ven Poole, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident, reeled in the white marlin — the tournament's first white marlin catch since 2022 — at about 8:44 a.m. Tuesday. Then the waiting began as the tournament's 317 other boats fished off the Ocean City, Maryland, coast in a quest to unseat Waste Knot.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-HANDOUT-Waste-Knot-Marlin-Open-002.jpg?w=565)
Ven Poole, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident, reeled in the white marlin — the tournament's first white marlin catch since 2022 — at about 8:44 a.m. Tuesday. Then the waiting began as the tournament's 317 other boats fished off the Ocean City, Maryland, coast in a quest to unseat Waste Knot.