The month of September certainly wasn’t far off the pace of August in terms of large billfish caught around the world – we had reports of some 75 500+-pound billfish from around the world, including the world’s 13th grander of the year – and Cape Verde’s fourth grander this year for that great fishery.
In all, we saw an early bite of large blacks in Australia, a huge number of large girls in the Azores, and the typical share of large blues in Kona in the month of September…mixed in with a smattering from the East Atlantic and Latin America, notably some large marlin caught in Panama and Cabo.
The count for September:
Cape Verde – 1,024 blue, 750 blue, 600 blue, 600 blue
Kona – 954 blue, 750 blue, 630 blue, 625 blue, 550 blue, 544 blue, 537 blue, 525 blue, 500 blue, 500 blue, 500 blue
Australia – 950 black, 950 black, 900 black, 850 black, 800 black, 750 black, 700 black, 700 black, 700 black, 600 black, 600 black, 600 black, 550 black, 550 black, 500 black, 500 black, 500 black, 500 black
Azores – 900 blue, 850 blue, 850 blue, 850 blue, 800 blue, 800 blue, 750 blue, 750 blue, 700 blue, 700 blue, 700 blue, 650 blue, 600 blue, 600 blue, 600 blue, 600 blue, 550 blue, 550 blue, 550 blue, 500 blue, 500 blue
Canaries – 800 blue, 500 blue
Panama – 800 blue, 600 black, 600 blue, 550 blue, 500 blue, 500 black, 500 black, 500 black
Cabo – 780 blue, 500 blue, 500 blue
Portugal – 700 blue, 500 blue
Madeira – 700 blue
Bermuda – 600 blue
US East Coast – 582 blue
Puerto Vallarta – 500 blue, 500 black, 500 black
In all, a really decent month…but watch out for the numbers the reef is about to post in October…at least we all hope.
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