March of 2016 was one of the finest if the not the finest month for large Swordfish worldwide in over 10-Years. In a good month, we may add 1-2 Swords to our 500+ Club. This March we added seven (7) over 500 lbs with our largest a 700 lbs beast on the Black Magic out of Tasmania. Generally we…
Guatemala – It just simply can’t be ignored any further. Report after report, now late into the season, is pointing towards one of the finest on record. Like any ranking, be it sport or otherwise, calling something the “best ever” can be a bold statement. In fishing we seem to want to do it all the time. Fact is, there…
Los Suenos, Costa Rica – It is not as if this fishery needed anything “extra” to make it more prominent. We have named Jaco (Los Suenos Marina) and Quepos (Pez Vela Marina) the No. 1 Billfishery in the World for the last 2-Years and for good reason. No other fishery is able to provide the numbers this fishery can on…
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic – The Blue Marlin have started to show off the eastern tip of Hispanola. While most boats are fishing the various FADS, there are Blue Marlin feeding and patrolling along the drop offs as well. Boats are seeing at least seeing a couple Blue Marlin a day, but some are raising as many 7-8. Betsy…
Watamu, Kenya – Boats from Watamu to Malindi are finding the Billfish and in good numbers and excellent variety. Boats are raising as many as five (5) Blue Marlin in a day with Tarka releasing 3. Boats can see five plus (5+) Striped Marlin in a day as well with Clueless releasing six (6). Both Sailfish and Black Marlin are…
Guatemala – The Sailfish bite has been absolutely incredible over the last two weeks and really for almost a month now. Boats are routinely getting 60+ bites a day, with some crossing over 100. Just in the last week we have seen eleven (11) boats cross the 50+ mark, including two (2) in the 60’s, two (2) in the 70’s…
The Billfish Report is counting down its Top 10 Billfisheries of the Year, and our #1 Billfishery goes to the Jaco & Quepos, Costa Rica. Criteria for our Top 10 include fish numbers, variety of billfish species, average size of fish, length of season and number of boats fishing. With over 11,000 Billfish Reports submitted to us in 2015 from…