White Hot Fishing

White Hot Fishing

  Mid Atlantic, USA – It appears the White Marlin run has begun. From Ocean City, Maryland to Oregon Inlet, North Carolina boats are returning home with riggers filled with Blue and White Flags. While most boats are getting a least five (5) Billfish shots a day, there are a few boats putting up serious numbers. In Virginia Beach, Rebel…

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Blue Marlin from the Dock?

Blue Marlin from the Dock?

  Bimini, Bahamas – We have now seen Swordfish in the surf of Texas, Sailfish in South Florida canals and Striped Marlin in the Cabo Marina. Now, we can add Blue Marlin from the dock in Bimini. Capt. Skipper Gentry, normally behind the wheel of the Carolina Gentlemen  has to search well offshore to find a Blue Marlin, but apparently he…

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Tournament Round Up

Tournament Round Up

We were following three geographically diverse Tournaments over the past weekend including the Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament from Manteo, North Carolina (USA), Cap Cana Blue Marlin Classic from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and the Texas Billfish Championship from Freeport, Texas (USA). Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament – Uno Mas lead all boats in release points with 9 White Marlin and 2 Sailfish released. Ann…

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Nautahorse Wins Bisbee’s East Cape

Nautahorse Wins Bisbee’s East Cape

East Cape, Mexico – (Capt. Dave Lear) Team Nautahorse, led by angler Hector Guijarro Tomayo, raced to the finish line on the last day of the 2014 Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament to win the top purse by a bill. The team’s 323-pound blue marlin caught Friday afternoon swept the marlin category and all three daily jackpots for a $396,705 payout,…

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Sword in the Surf

Sword in the Surf

Port Aransas, Texas – Seems like a fish story for sure, except the proof is in the pictures. What we gather from a link we received from a site called 2CoolFishing was that angler Chris Kelley was surf fishing for redfish, when this Swordfish grabbed his redfish. He obviously landed the fish and this is not photoshopped. Per the report,…

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July 500+ Club Round Up

July 500+ Club Round Up

July proved to be a good month, but still a little slow when compared to 2013.  We don’t want to blame one fishery, but Bermuda was the culprit when comparing 2013 to 2014. We still managed sixty-three (63) Marlin reported to us over 500 lbs, with sixty-one (61) of those being Blue Marlin and two (2) of those were Black…

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August 2014 – 500+ Club

August 2014 – 500+ Club

August 2014 SpeciesLocationBoatWeight Blue MarlinBermudaChallenger900 lbs. Blue MarlinSouth Padre Island, TXNo Compromise685 lbs. Blue MarlinLanzarote, Canary IslandsMaynieves650 lbs. Blue MarlinAzoresBoca Raton650 lbs. Blue MarlinHouma, LAShawzzed Up  648 lbs. Blue MarlinAzoresBrasilia900 lbs. Blue MarlinOcean City, MDHatterascal800 lbs. Blue MarlinSt Thomas, USVIThunder600 lbs. Blue MarlinOcean City, MDGratitude738 lbs. Blue MarlinOcean City, MDGeneration564 lbs. Blue MarlinGrand CanaryCal Rei500 lbs. Blue MarlinMadeiraBalancal650 lbs. Blue…

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