The Big Rock Tournament — Local services in Morehead City

Home of the 2nd largest payout for a billfish tournament in the world! $500k! BAJA California comes in at #1 with a million dollar 1st place total. Michael Jordan attends every year with his sport fishing yacht the "Catch 23". Its a huge event every year and lasts a week roughly. People come from all over and it's a great event. It brings in a large economic boost to the area with all the visitors and plenty of food to go around as well as FANTASTIC DIVING IN THE AREA AS WELL! If thats your thing. With Olympus Dive Center, home of the Shark shootout hosted by Capt. Micheal Gerken. A fantastic photographer who travels the world filming and photographing marine life amongst other things right next door in the heart of downtown Morehead City. So come check it out! Watch them weight in the fish on the dock and get your picture taken with some real sea monsters! (Unfortunately they are truly beautiful fish and it's unfortunate to see them caught for purely sport. So It truly is a catch 22. So in my book gets 3 stars just for this fact alone but that would be somewhat biased so I think 4 is a...

Enjoy going to this event every year. Looking forward to the next time.

June 2023 - Went to this year's, 65th, had a great time. I do wish they had speakers on the big screen & other places around the landing so we can hear what is being said. Saturday night was tense, Sensation had a big catch but ended up getting disqualified 🙁. Our hometown guy, Chad Kendrick & his crew on Sushi took the win 😊 Congratulations to all that competed in...

Was a larger crowd than the past years. Big rock moving up, good to see that many people having a good time. Adds to to excitement of seeing a big fish, felt like I was on the rail of a concert. Good for local businesses, and the Big Rock itself. Thank you guys...