Cap Cana Summer Marlin

Cap Cana Summer Marlin

Cap Cana, Dominican Republic – The marlin bite has been wide open for the boys fishing down in the DR. Numerous 5+ White Marlin Days and 2+ Blue Marlin days have been reported. Caroline has had the hot hand however, producing some of the best numbers. Caroline went a  VERY respectable 5-10 on White Marlin and 0-3 on Blue Marlin,…

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Madeira – Finally!

Madeira – Finally!

Madeira – One of the worlds premier big fish fisheries has not been able to produce and we are well into the season, until now. The water temps have been way down (below 70) which has not brought the fish in. Well, finally no over the last two days, two nice fish have popped up. Omega let a nice 700…

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Firecracker Open – Final

Firecracker Open – Final

    Kona, HI – After a great start to Day One, with 28 blue marlin released, which included a 3 fish day for Marlin Magic and 6 other boats with two fish each. Day Two brought qualifying fish to the scales. First fish was courtesy of Kevin Nakamura on Northern Lights, with a 512 lbs Blue Marlin. Just an…

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Firecracker Open – Day One

Firecracker Open – Day One

Kona, HI – A good bite was on for all the participants in this years Firecracker Open. 28 Blue Marlin were released with no qualifying fish weighed. Marlin Magic leads all boats with 3 Tagged Blue Marlin. 6 other boats had at least 2 tagged fish, so this is going to be a close one.  

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July 2011 – 500+ Club

July 2011 – 500+ Club

July 2011 SpeciesLocationBoatWeight Blue MarlinGrand CanaryBrasilia600 lbs. Blue MarlinBermudaGame On800 lbs. Blue MarlinBermudaReelax500 lbs. Blue MarlinBermudaWound Up600 lbs. Blue MarlinBermudaWound Up700 lbs. Blue MarlinAlgarve, PortugalFermar700 lbs. Blue MarlinKona, HISea Genie II641 lbs. Blue MarlinKona, HISea Genie II585 lbs. Blue MarlinKona, HINorthern Lights513 lbs. Blue MarlinAbidjan, Ivory CoastRemora750 lbs. Blue MarlinKona, HIMaui Jim729 lbs. Blue MarlinMadeiraOmega750 lbs. Blue MarlinKona, HIMiss Mojo688…

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Grander in the Bahamas!

Grander in the Bahamas!

One of the largest fish caught this year – the world’s sixth grander – caught in the Bahamas, in the 2011 Bahamas Billfish Classic.  Fish went 1,119 pounds, and broke the tournament record of 1,060 pounds, held since 1979, and was caught on the Double Dog, angler David Albury. “When we saw the fish in the spread, we could not believe…

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