The Only Daily International Billfishing Report
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
Some very good fishing ending this past weekend at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic. Seven qualifying blue marlin were caught, with the largest weighing in just over 702 pounds. The final standings in the blue marlin category… 1 – Patron – 702.5 blue. Cole Casaday angler, Capt Joe Lyall. 2 – Tico Time – 591 blue. 3 – Testing…
After some pretty hefty excitement yesterday, with two 500+-pound blues weighed on Day 1 of the Big Rock, Day 2 saw much slower fishing, with 121 boats offshore but only nine billfish releases. Six blues, three whites was the final tally. No changes in the blue marlin division, and in the Release Division Galot 3 moved into first with another…
Morehead City, NC – We did not have to wait long to know if the big fish are around. Day 1 brought three fish over 500 lbs, however one fish was disqualified for mutilation (prop cut). Double B is on top of the leaderboard, weighing a very respectful 652 lbs blue marlin and Blue Water weighed a 580…
San Salvador, Bahamas – Fish Tales has been fishing the bluewater banks off San Sal and has had some great results. Manny Larrieu reports that the blue marlin bite was indeed on, releasing 12 Blue Marlin in 7 Days fishing. They got bites on 22 during that same time period. Manny indicated they were mostly small fish, with one…
La Gomera, Canary Islands – We have been getting a number of reports out of the Canary Islands, with most of the fish over the 500+ mark (which you know we love). We can only hope that this means a great season for the La Gomera, Madeira, The Azores and all of the other Eastern Atlantic hot spots. Tracy…
Happy Hooker, this past week, captured a 1,065-pound blue marlin – the fourth grander caught in the world this year. This boat, usually captained by Berno Niebuhr, also happened to win the Blue Marlin World Cup last year, weighing a 1,097-pound blue as well. And while Cape Verde isn’t necessarily known for the huge numbers of big fish it sees…
Cape Verdes – Happy Hooker does it again. More at www.granderwatch.com.