April 500+ Club Round Up

April 500+ Club Round Up

April was an unusually slow month for the big girls. For that matter, 2013 has been fairly slow, especially on Granders with only 3 Caught this year, by comparison we had 8 Granders by the end of April in 2012. There is nothing to really read into that, but an interesting statistic. We had forty-three (43) Billfish reported to us…

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May 2013 – 500+ Club

May 2013 – 500+ Club

May 2013 SpeciesLocationBoatWeight Blue MarlinCape VerdesOnd Emma550 lbs. Blue MarlinCape VerdesAndromeda600 lbs. Blue MarlinGrand CanaryReel Time550 lbs. Blue MarlinKona, HIBite Me 5795 lbs. Blue MarlinCape VerdesSmoker650 lbs. Blue MarlinCape VerdesOnd Emma500 lbs. Blue MarlinCape VerdesNha Cretcheu500 lbs. Blue MarlinCrooked Island, BahamasMigration500 lbs. Blue MarlinBermudaOverproof550 lbs. Blue MarlinCape VerdesNha Cretcheu550 lbs. Blue MarlinSt. BartsShark Byte750 lbs. Blue MarlinCap Cana, DRCanyon Gear500…

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Sailfish in a Canal?

Sailfish in a Canal?

Miami, FL – We were hoping this was real, but we do live in an Internet dominated world. We first saw this shot a couple days ago of this Sailfish swimming in a Canal near Keystone Point Marina. We did not want to broadcast it until we knew it was real and now we have video to prove. He was…

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Leave Them Swimming!

Leave Them Swimming!

  There  is no debate about it, billfish (and for that matter all fish) that are left in the water are better off. Their bodies and organs are made to be held in water,  not while being thrown up on the back of the boat. While we very much appreciate that many of these “transom trophy” fish are eventually released,…

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Blue Time Wins World Sailfish

Blue Time Wins World Sailfish

Key West, FL (From www.worldsailfish.com) – The final day of the World Sailfish Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops proved to be everything anglers have come to expect from the World’s Richest Sailfish Tournament. Sunday featured fast and furious action from the time the first lines hit the water, constant jockeying for better position and the nail-biting finish that has…

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