Port Aransas, Texas – We obviously get a lot of reports on billfish from around the world. While most reports stand-out due to fish numbers or size, as Americans we think this one is pretty special. Team Wildcatter was given the opportunity to take some of our U.S. Marines out for a day of offshore fishing through a group called…

  Morehead City, NC – Flybuoy, captained by Robert Hollingsworth of Charleston, S.C., flew through the week atop the 54th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament leader board with a 499.3-pound blue marlin caught Monday by Todd Baxley. Flybuoy (pronounced “fly-boo-wee”) landed in first place to win $494,710. Fans pulling for the Inspiration fishing team had their prayers answered as big blue…

  Marsh Harbour, Bahamas – David Anderson’s team Krazy Salt’s wasted no time showing the twenty-seven teams fishing the Marsh Harbour Championship that they were out for victory. On the first day of the tournament, team Krazy Salt’s caught and released three blue marlin and a sailfish for an impressive 1,900 points. By contrast, day two was nonproductive for the…

                             Marina Papagayo, Costa Rica: Despite fielding a relatively new crew and boat, Marc Stanley is a veteran in the world of competitive sportfishing. This season he decided to field his own team in the Presidential Papagayo Cup, with Todd Flanders sharing angling duties with him in…

Cape Verdes – I am not sure you can write too much and too often for this fishery. Unless you love White Marlin fishing, this is damn near heavin. Even if you love Black Marlin (and we sure do) you have to be in awe by not only the numbers by the size of these fish. All told, the 8-9…

  Bermuda – The Seafari caught the largest fish (Blue Marlin) of the year, weighing in at an impressive 1,289 lbs. This was just the 4th Blue Marlin caught on the boat. More pictures at Grander Watch.