The 2022 White Marlin Open is a little more than a week away, and its most famous returning participant appears to have arrived on the Eastern Shore to compete in the world’s largest billfishing tournament.
Michael Jordan’s plane, which features his famous Air Jordan logo, was spotted at the Salisbury regional airport Friday afternoon.
Jordan’s famous Catch 23 boat is also registered to compete in this year’s White Marlin Open. This will be the fourth year in a row that His Airness and his crew have competed in the tournament.
Jordan is no stranger to fishing tournaments, as he and his 80-foot yacht have frequented many tournaments across the country in recent years. Most recently, Jordan competed in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in his home state of North Carolina in June, where he reeled in a 24-pound dolphin fish.
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The NBA Hall-of-Famer also competed in Jimmy Johnson’s Quest for the Ring fishing tournament in Atlantic City earlier this month. Catch 23’s Danny Young claimed third for heaviest wahoo and wahoo optional categories at 16.5 pounds, according to the tournament’s online leaderboard.
Jordan has not yet made an appearance at the Harbour Island Marina scales in Ocean City in his previous three years competing in the White Marlin Open, but his crew did have success in 2021. Last year, Trey McMillian of the Catch 23 boat caught a 23.5-pound mahi on Day 3 of the tournament, which ended up being worth $20,000 as the fish of the day.
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