September 7, 2011 San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fishing was red hot on the first day of the Club Nautico de San Juan’s 58th Annual International Billfish Tournament (IBT). The 52-boat fleet released 31 blue marlin, and according to informal angler reports, the fleet hooked-up or saw more than double this number. This is why Puerto Rico’s ‘Marlin Alley’, a mile-and-a-half…
Azores – Some incredible fishing today. Brasilia caught an 800, 650, and 300 Blue Marlin; Xacara got a 600, 700, and 450 lbs Blue Marlin Gladius got a 700, Dos Peixes a 450, and Habitat got a 650. Will it ever stop?
Cape May, NJ – The earthquake that shook the entire eastern seaboard from North Carolina to Canada also shook the leaderboard on Day Two of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic $500,000. With an improved weather forecast which included light winds and calm seas, 111 boats gave it a go and headed offshore today. The earthquake didn’t seem to bother the tournament’s…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. For an unprecedented fourth time, the Revenge won Top Boat at the 39th Annual USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT), fished August 10 to 14, with the release of 11 blue marlin. “It was industry and perseverance,” says Sam Jennings, owner and angler aboard the Juno Beach, Florida-based 58-foot Revenge, about the team’s secret to…
