Big Sword, Small Boat

South Florida – We like a good fishing story as much as the next guy. You have seen us report on blue marlin from jet skis, striped marlin from kayaks and black marlin from the shore. Well, add these guys to your list. While drift fishing at night, these boys on the Dream Catcher II landed a 334 lbs Swordfish…

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Some reports from Louisiana…

Though fishing on the east side of the Mississippi has been closed and is anticipated to be for a while, there’s still fishing going on off Louisiana, and even though there isn’t much billfishing happening we wanted to share some feedback from captains in the gulf off Louisiana… – Capt. William Wall of Pelagic Charters reports a lot of clean…

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Oil Close to Loop Current

Gulf of Mexico – We like everyone are concerned for our friends in the Gulf. We are far from experts on the situation, but we are hoping the media has made this out to be worse than it is. Many of you are aware of Roffs fishing service (www.roffs.com) where many offshore guys get their water temp and current info…

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North Carolina Blue Marlin

Hatteras, NC – We have heard of few Blue Marlin being caught off the East Coast, but this is the first multiple Blue Marlin day we know of this year and what a day. The report came from Capt. Jonboy Kelmer fishing on the boat Islander. The boys caught three Blue Marlin. Two were 300+ and one was 400+. That…

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Best Marlin Lures

Everyone has their favorite marlin lure. It could be its color, swim pattern, bubble trail or just plain luck. While we are not here to judge which is the best, we thought we would highlight the ones we like the best and or have seen hanging out of more billfish mouths. It should come as no surprise, that the birthplace…

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Plan your May billfishing

Tournament locations are always a good way to see where the fish are – so if you’re looking for where to find the billfish in May consider the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Florida, and the US East Coast…with some Pacific locations mixed in. May 6-9.  Cap Cana White Marlin Tournament.  (Dominican Republic)  capcana.com May 8.  Stuart Sailfish Club Ladies Tournament.  stuartsailfishclub.com…

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Incredible footage of striped marlin!

You’ve got to check this out – incredibly clear video of striped marlin feeding on bait balls off Mexico.  The action also attracts some tuna and a Sei whale! Fascinating to see how patient, and how incredibly aggressive, these billfish can be! Footage posted two days ago to YouTube…but given the way the fishing’s been going in Cabo, not likely…

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