Cape Verde Islands – One of the best fisheries in the World and one that always makes our Top 10, is off to a good start. A little early in the season and the water is still a little cold, but Capt. Marty Bates managed to released this beautiful 750 lbs. Blue Marlin.
Puerto Vallarta, MX – There was a time when Mazatlan (just up the coast) was well known for its Swordfishery. In fact, Cabo San Lucas had a good number of surface dwellers as well. Like a lot of fisheries, it seemed as if the commercial boats overfished theses areas and once again, depleted a healthy stock for reliable sportfishing. We…
Guatemala – Always in our Top 10 Billfisheries of the Year, Guatemala always seems to amaze. This year has been jammed with great sailfish report. One of the boats that brings us some of the best is Capt. Brad Philipps on Decisive. Capt. Philipps raised 63 Sailfish and 1 Blue Marlin today. They were mixing it up between Fly Fishing…
Ascension Island – With only one boat patrolling the waters, we often wonder how good it can really be. Capt. Olaf Grimkowski on the Harmattan fishes this remote island and always seems to find the big girls. Already this season Capt. Olaf has released two Grander Blue Marlin, a 1,093 and an 1,100+. To add to his collection, he has…
Canavieiras, Brazil (Royal Charlotte Bank) Capt. Antonio Amaral on the Wahoo Released 3 of 4 Blue Marlin. 600, 500 and 300 lbs. Capt. Amaral is up to 52 Blue Marlin for the season now. We have reported on him a number of times, but wanted to share his great day and these pictures.
Port Stephens, Australia – We cover a lot of fisheries and we get a lot of reports, but someone forgot to tell us how good it can get in Port Stephens. We have received plenty of good reports, but the last week has been special to say the least. We had two reports that really got us fired up. The…
Canavieiras, Brazil – This has been one of the best seasons we can remember for the boats fishing the Royal Charlotte Bank. Long time Capt. Antonio “Tuba” Amaral has been leading that charge. Thus far this season, Tuba has released 2 Grander Blue Marlin as well as numerous fish over the 500 lbs mark. Even though the season is supposed…
