Blue Marlin release for Capt. Gene Key West, FL – Two Blue Marlin released on Day One of the Drambuie. While that number may sound low, this tournament in all reality has a lot more to do with fun. But here at the Billfish Report and FishMonster Magazine, we take blue marlin very seriously. That is why we are so…
Bermuda – It was a tight finish to the 11th Annual Bermuda Big Game Classic, but Click Through held on to a 1 Blue Marlin advantage. Click Through finished with 1,900 points, releasing 3 Blue Marlin and 2 White Marlin. Uno Mas, Georgie Girl and Sea Toy all finished with 1,500 points, which is just one blue marlin short of…
Kona, HI – As if weighing the only three qualifying fish weren’t enough – Kona has continued to both see and catch huge fish and big numbers. The Monkey Biz II, captained by Chip Van Mols, led the way today with three releases. More to come with a Kona trip report..
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,…
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…
After a pretty extraordinary day of fishing all around the world – with some false alarms on qualifying fish on several occasions – Kona proved to be the only fishery in this year’s tournament to find a qualifying fish…three, in fact, with the Maui Jim boating a 729 blue to take the winner-take-all prize. Sea Genie won the Big Blue…
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…
