Billfish tournament calendar: a big next two weeks

A lot going on around the world on the billfish calendar, with a number of tournaments – some big-money ones – slated in the first couple of weeks of August.  Some of the tournament action we’ll be tracking here on billfishreport.com… Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament (HIBT).  A huge tournament with teams from all around the world descending upon Kona and…

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Bisbee's East Cape: final results

Congratulations to the Dreamweaver, which saw its 581-pound black marlin from the tournament’s first day hold up to win the tournament and its $18,000 first place purse.  All told, 56 boats released 108 billfish, with two blacks, 33 blues, 64 striped marlin, and nine sailfish all told.  Three fish in total were weighed – the 581 black plus a 441…

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First Bisbee's tournament kicks off

A good day on the billfish calendar, as today witnessed the first day of the first of the Bisbee’s tournaments this year.  And a big day it was for the Dreamweaver, catching a 581-pound black marlin. Here’s the calendar for Bisbee’s tournaments for this year…with the Black and Blue boasting the largest purse of any billfish tournament in the world……

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Maryland White Marlin

Ocean City, MD – With the upcoming White Marlin Open we felt it only appropriate that we post some recent video of what has been a good season thus far. Our friends at the Florida Outdoor Network have 100% exclusive video content and this was just filmed over the last few days. The fact that they mentioned GranderWatch.com does not…

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