The Big Rock Sunk!

Morehead City, NC – Citation’s fish is disqualified!!!!!! Mate did not have a license and tried to get one on the way back in, so they knew it. Very sad for a great fish for the guys on the Citation. Carnivore takes 1st and $1,000,000! Must have been a tough call for the Tournament. Nobody won this one!!!!

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Mozambique Underwater Blacks

Bazaruto, Mozambique – We got a really cool video from our friend Capt. Duarte Rato on the Vamizi who fishes down in Mozambique (dudas7mares@gmail.com). There are more than just billfish in this video, but the underwater shots on the black marlin are really impressive. Some of you may remember the Grander Black Marlin that Duarte caught that unfortunately got sharked,…

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Citation's Fish Still Under Review

Big Rock Tournament “Control” – We waited for the final results today on Citation’ s winning 883 lbs Blue Marlin, worth $950,000, but they are taking their time. Well, why not? This is BIG money and it can really hurt one of the finest East Coast Tournaments. Lets hope they make the right decision and treat all participants fairly….

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Citations fish holds on at The Big Rock

Morehead City, NC – It should be no surprise that Citation’s 883 lbs Blue Marlin, a tournament record, held on to win 1st Place in this years Big Rock tournament. Three fish weighed in this year with Carnivore weighing a 528 and Wet-N-Wild weighing a 460. Fishing was slow all things considered though. There were 156 boats entered into the…

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June billfish tournaments in full swing..

Some recent action out of the Big Rock in NC (two 500+ blues), not to mention a number of blues caught in the Bahamas this week, are highlights from billfish tournament action this week. Other activity – which could give a steer toward where the fish are this month – includes… Dominican Republic White Marlin Cap Cana Fishing Tournament (June…

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Record marlin caught in Big Rock Tournament

Minutes ago the largest blue marlin in the 52-year history of the Big Rock tournament was weighed – an 883-pounder caught on the Citation. Was otherwise a decent day for the tournament…the numbers… 92 boats on the water (151 entered) Blue marlin – 4 (3 released, 1 weighed) White marlin – 3 Spearfish – 1 Sailfish – 2 Hatchet marlin…

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Costa Grand Slam …PLUS

Flamingo, Costa Rica – You have no doubt heard us talk about Capt. Jason Coffin on the Mr. Trigger. Hell, we may talk too much about him, but let me tell you, there is a reason. Capt. Jason has re-discovered a black marlin fishery that most people thought had gone away. While everyone else trolls around for blues, Capt. Jason…

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Texas Blue Marlin

Port Aransas, Texas – We don’t talk much about Gulf of Mexico Blue Marlin fishing, but in the summertime (here in the states) Texas can get a really good bite. Ironically the same oil rigs that we all now despise are the same rigs that have produced some of the best fishing, from Texas to the Florida Panhandle. The below…

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Not too early to talk about Australia!

Although this talk is a great recap extracted from Blue Water Magazine – posted on blackmarlinblog.com – a terrific source of great information from the reef. Check out this article – tons of big fish caught in ’09! http://blackmarlinfishingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/BW77Cairns09.pdf

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Madeira's On!

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