The Only Daily International Billfishing Report
After a pretty extraordinary day of fishing all around the world – with some false alarms on qualifying fish on several occasions – Kona proved to be the only fishery in this year’s tournament to find a qualifying fish…three, in fact, with the Maui Jim boating a 729 blue to take the winner-take-all prize. Sea Genie won the Big Blue…
Kona, HI – After a great start to Day One, with 28 blue marlin released, which included a 3 fish day for Marlin Magic and 6 other boats with two fish each. Day Two brought qualifying fish to the scales. First fish was courtesy of Kevin Nakamura on Northern Lights, with a 512 lbs Blue Marlin. Just an…
Kona, HI – A good bite was on for all the participants in this years Firecracker Open. 28 Blue Marlin were released with no qualifying fish weighed. Marlin Magic leads all boats with 3 Tagged Blue Marlin. 6 other boats had at least 2 tagged fish, so this is going to be a close one.
One of the largest fish caught this year – the world’s sixth grander – caught in the Bahamas, in the 2011 Bahamas Billfish Classic. Fish went 1,119 pounds, and broke the tournament record of 1,060 pounds, held since 1979, and was caught on the Double Dog, angler David Albury. “When we saw the fish in the spread, we could not believe…
Canary Islands – We are getting consistent reports now out to the Canary Islands. Most recently, we got a report from Capt. Chris Sheeder on Grander. He went 2-2, releasing a 400 lbs fish and a 700 lbs fish. Here is the more detailed report from Capt. Chris. We seem to be finding our groove. Yesterday, our…
Many of you will remember the VERY impressive video and eventually a shot that earned Marc Montocchio the cover of Marlin of a blue marlin strike. Well, he is at it again, but this time in Costa Rica with Sailfish. This is a much watch for all billfish enthusiast. You can check out more of his work at www.occhioinc.com