March 23rd, 2015 Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic – It was the team from Florida aboard the 62’ Spencer Shoe who finished at the top of the leader board on the third and final day of this year’s Casa de Campo International Blue Marlin Classic tournament, taking home a fortune in cash and luxury prizes. Unusually strong currents greeted the…
January is traditionally one of the slowest months for big marlin and 2015 was no different. We has twenty-six (26) Blue Marlin and one (1) Black Marlin reported to us. With so few 500+ marlin caught, it is tough to call one fishery our top, but we did have three (3) reported to us from Mauritius and Canavieiras, Brazil. If…
Iztapa, Guatemala – The Captain Hook made famous by Capt. Ron Hamlin has just passed a major milestone releasing its 30,00th Billfish. Now, under the control by Capt. Eddie Bairez, this boat has no doubt seen more billfish than any in the world. Capt. Eddie gives all the credit to Capt. Ron who handed over the helm with 22,700…
The Billfish Report is counting down its Top 10 Billfisheries of the Year, and our #1 Billfishery goes to 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 2014 from around…
