Billfish Report

December 3, 2012 Hook 0Comments 119Views

December 2012 – 500+ Club

December 2012 SpeciesLocationBoatWeight Blue MarlinIlhabela, BrazilVo Juca800 lbs. Blue MarlinRichards Bay, SAMitsu Fishi506 lbs. Blue MarlinMauritiusRoyal 3650 lbs. Blue MarlinIlhabela,BrazilVo Juca 1950 lbs. Blue MarlinCanavieiras, BrazilCarmague573 lbs. Blue MarlinMaputo, MozambiqueNikasia500 lbs. Blue MarlinRio De Janeiro, BrazilPonta Negra500 lbs. Blue MarlinRio De Janeiro, BrazilPonta Negra600 lbs. Blue MarlinRio De Janeiro, BrazilPonta Negra750 lbs. Blue MarlinCanavieiras, BrazilWahoo600 lbs. Blue MarlinCanavieiras, BrazilWahoo500 lbs.…

November 25, 2012 Hook 0Comments 38Views

Grander on the Tradition

Cairns, Australia – We track all Granders over on Grander Watch, but we wanted to share this fish. Capt. Tim Richardson on Tradition with Steve “Scuba” Hall and Ryan O’Halloran working the deck, put Angler Stetson Gath on this massive 1,220 lbs. Black Marlin. The fish was caught on a tube lure and was part of a double header, but they pulled the hooks on the smaller 400 lbs. fish.…

November 18, 2012 Hook 0Comments 34Views

Dominican Blue Marlin

Cap Cana, DR – What is supposed to be a spring and summer fishery on Blue Marlin, is proving to be more a of a year round fishery as more boats explore the area. We have been receiving some tremendous reports from Betsy and Natural over the last week. Natural had back to back days releasing 5 Blue Marlin…

November 11, 2012 Hook 1Comment 4323Views

Black Marlin on the Flats

November 7, 2012 Hook 0Comments 52Views

Two Granders in a Day!

Cairns, Australia – Hot Shot managed 2 Granders in one Day. More on this story over at Grander Watch!

November 5, 2012 Hook 0Comments 71Views

October 500+ Club Round Up

October 500+ Club – As is usual, this time of year, the Giant Black Marlin run of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia has dominated our reports for Billfish over 500 lbs. This is not to say other fisheries did not have a good showing however, with Bazaruto, Mozambique releasing 8 Black Marlin and 2 Blue Marlin. We had a…

November 2, 2012 Hook 0Comments 130Views

November 2012 – 500+ Club

November 2012 SpeciesLocationBoatWeight Blue MarlinKona, HIHooked Up867 lbs. Blue MarlinSalvador, BrazilPityleo665 lbs. Blue MarlinFunzi, KenyaPatricia II612 lbs. Blue MarlinMaputo, MozambiqueNumber 1500 lbs. Blue MarlinGabonDeceiver750 lbs. Blue MarlinGuadeloupe, FWIBy Design800 lbs. Blue MarlinCanavieiras, BrazilFull Time600 lbs. Black MarlinCairns, AustraliaViking II900 lbs. Black MarlinCairns, AustraliaMoana III1,200 lbs. Black MarlinCairns, AustraliaChamois Free1,000 lbs. Black MarlinCairns, AustraliaViking II600 lbs. Black MarlinCairns, AustraliaViking II800 lbs.…

October 30, 2012 Hook 0Comments 102Views

Massive Black Marlin on Release

Cairns, Australia (GBR) – We don’t normally post just a single picture, but this one is worthy. This shot was captured by Scott Kerrigan (well known for capturing spectacular marlin picture around the world) who was fishing with Capt. Tim Richardson on the Tradition of Capt. Haydon Bell on the Release, massive Black Marlin. They got her to the boat, but…

October 29, 2012 Hook 0Comments 492Views

Frantic Pace at the $2.4MM Bisbees

October 28, 2012 Hook 0Comments 116Views