Anglers returned to shore this weekend for the Blue Marlin Grand Championship 2025 weigh-ins, drawing in big crowds.

The boat's crew isn't accused of any wrongdong. Their catch in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in North Carolina was disqualified because it was mutilated — bitten by a shark or another animal.

Anglers in a North Carolina blue marlin tournament thought they clinched a $3.5 million prize. But judges soon disqualified their 600-pound catch.

Waste Knot, of Raleigh, North Carolina, remains in the lead atop the white marlin category with a 77.5-pounder and is in line to collect the top prize of $3.697 million if it stays there.