Puerto Vallarta, MX – There was a time when Mazatlan (just up the coast) was well known for its Swordfishery. In fact, Cabo San Lucas had a good number of surface dwellers as well. Like a lot of fisheries, it seemed as if the commercial boats overfished theses areas and once again, depleted a healthy stock for reliable sportfishing. We…
Guatemala – Always in our Top 10 Billfisheries of the Year, Guatemala always seems to amaze. This year has been jammed with great sailfish report. One of the boats that brings us some of the best is Capt. Brad Philipps on Decisive. Capt. Philipps raised 63 Sailfish and 1 Blue Marlin today. They were mixing it up between Fly Fishing…
Ascension Island – With only one boat patrolling the waters, we often wonder how good it can really be. Capt. Olaf Grimkowski on the Harmattan fishes this remote island and always seems to find the big girls. Already this season Capt. Olaf has released two Grander Blue Marlin, a 1,093 and an 1,100+. To add to his collection, he has…
Canavieiras, Brazil (Royal Charlotte Bank) Capt. Antonio Amaral on the Wahoo Released 3 of 4 Blue Marlin. 600, 500 and 300 lbs. Capt. Amaral is up to 52 Blue Marlin for the season now. We have reported on him a number of times, but wanted to share his great day and these pictures.
Port Stephens, Australia – We cover a lot of fisheries and we get a lot of reports, but someone forgot to tell us how good it can get in Port Stephens. We have received plenty of good reports, but the last week has been special to say the least. We had two reports that really got us fired up. The…
Canavieiras, Brazil – This has been one of the best seasons we can remember for the boats fishing the Royal Charlotte Bank. Long time Capt. Antonio “Tuba” Amaral has been leading that charge. Thus far this season, Tuba has released 2 Grander Blue Marlin as well as numerous fish over the 500 lbs mark. Even though the season is supposed…
For the last month The Billfish Report has been counting down its 2011 Billfisheries of the Year, and coming in at #1 is the Azores. Criteria for our Top 10 list – taken from the daily billfish reports we receive from hundreds of captains around the world – include the following: fish numbers, variety of billfish species, average size of fish and length of season. These…
The Billfish Report is counting down its Top 10 Billfisheries of the Year, and coming in at #2 is Cape Verde Islands. Criteria for our Top 10 list – taken from the daily billfish reports we receive from hundreds of captains around the world – include the following: fish numbers, variety of billfish species, average size of fish and length of season. These are then compiled,…
Los Suenos & Quepos, Costa Rica – There has been a really steady bite going on down in the Central Costa Rica. Boats are consistently releasing 10+ Sails a day and seeing over 20. We are down here to confirm those rumors and while we didn’t release 10+ (we went 7-11) the amount of sailfish we saw free-jumping and tailing…
