Mid-Atlantic $500K – Day 3

Cape May, NJ & Ocean City, MD – 76 of the 134 Boats fished today. Still no weighed Blue Marlin. Topless, who was in a three wat tie for 3rd with a 69 lbs fish, has taken the 3rd Place with an 80 lbs White Marlin. White Marlin Standings 1. Billfisher – 88 lbs. 2. Cracker – 82 lbs. 3. Topless…

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Mid-Atlantic $500K – Day 2

Cape May, NJ & Ocean City, MD – 79 of the 134 Boats fished today. No changes on the scales, but 3 Blue Marlin were caught and released. White Marlin Standings 1. Billfisher – 88 lbs. 2. Cracker – 82 lbs. 3. Three Way Tie – Singularis, Lil’Man and Topless – 69 lbs Billfish Counts White Marlin – 182 Fish…

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Mid-Atlantic $500K – Day 1

Cape May, NJ & Ocean City, MD – 63 of the 134 Boats fished today and the White Marlin bite was very good. No other Billfish species were reported however, which was odd for this tournament. Here are the highlights from Day 1. White Marlin Standings 1. Billfisher – 88 lbs. 2. Cracker – 82 lbs. 3. Three Way Tie…

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Big Portugal Blue Marlin

Vilamoura, Portugal – We got some absolutely beautiful shots of a nice 600 lbs  Blue Marlin for  Capt. Tiago Palma on the Blue Shark. Fish was one of FOUR they saw, but this was the only one that stuck. Fish was caught on a Gerhard Drescher Lure.

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Florida Keys to Freeport…not that one

Freeport, Texas – For a state with as much coastline as Texas, you would think we would hear more from the Lone Star state when it comes to Billfish. We have all heard about the Oil Rig fishing, maybe the Poco Bueno Tournament or the TIFT, but other than that, Texans don’t seem to talk about about their fishery. We…

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White Marlin Open – Final results

Ocean City, MD – So a fantastic week of fishing has come to a close in Ocean City, MD, with an amazing 255 boats having fished this legendary tournament.  Total purse this year was $2.1 million. And congratulations to the Shelly II, with angler Brian Roberts, on a 97-pound white marlin which ended up being the highest payout ($857K).  Largest…

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HIBT update – Day 4

A decent day on the water in Kona yesterday, with less action and fewer fish of size.  One of the smaller striped marlin you’ll see was caught – a 25-pounder – alongside four blues, three spears, and the rare Hawaiian sailfish…called 100 pounds. Guy Terwilliger holds a close lead on the Foxy Lady’s Boyd DeCoito for the Henry Chee, and…

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