Sporty Venezuela Blue Marlin

Puerto La Cruz, Venezuala – We were sent this video from our new friend Jose Alejandro Moreno. Blue Marlin are always exciting, but add the tournament factor and people start to get a little loco. Starts out slow, but wait until about minute 3:45 and then tell us what you think.

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JR's Hooker wins Kona September Challenge

As if Kona didn’t have enough tournaments on its prolific summer calendar, this year it added another – the 1st Annual September Challenge. Most expected the fishing to be really strong as there’d been a number of large fish caught and reported seen over the previous week.  Turns out the fishing was decent – though not up to the same…

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Cairns Honorable Mention

Cairns, Australia– Given how good the fishing can be on the Great Barrier Reef, we may not be able to post all the honorable mentions on here. Capt. Billy Billson released what he called a 950 lbs Black Marlin. For those not familiar with the skippers on the GBR. If it is not going to clearly go over 1,000 lbs,…

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Reef off to a flyer!

Captain Billy Billson on the Viking II reports some fantastic fishing the first few days of the season – with seven bites in the first three days of fishing.  First fish released was a 150 black, but after a few more “rats” British angler Tim Lonsdale released a 950 – largest fish we’ve seen in Australia this year!  Reports of…

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Billfish Report