Congratulations to the Happy Hooker, the first repeat winner of the Blue Marlin World Cup.  Captained by Berno Niebuhr, the fish went 1,097 pounds and pretty much left the rest of the field in its wake.  Angler was Chris Brand. Our best information has the standings as follows: Happy Hooker (Cape Verde) – 1,097 pounds Hedonist (Canaries) – 600 pounds…

Some headlines with about five hours to go in the World Cup… – Very few fish brought to the scales today, with only four thus far being weighed.  All fish weighed have been caught in the East Atlantic – Canaries (600, Hedonist), Madeira (546, Audaz), Cape Verde (1097, Happy Hooker and 511, La Onda Emma). – Cape Verde picked a…

Blue Marlin World Cup – Pacific anglers woke up to a helluva challenge this morning. The Happy Hooker has taken control of 1st Place with a 1,097 Blue Marlin (5th Grander of the Year). If this holds, Happy Hooker would be the First Team to EVER win this tournament twice. Kona, HI boats have just put lines in with 41…

WORLD CUP NEWS Cape Verde Islands –  Capt. Berno Niebuhr is headed to the scales with an estimated 800 lbs. Blue Marlin Madeira – Audaz has been hooked up for over an hour. Bermuda – Bree released one just under 500 lbs.

Madeira – We absolutely love Madeira for a lot of reasons, but the number one reason is Large Blue Marlin. There have been at least two 900+ blues caught over the last three days. Peter Bristow on the Katherine B caught one they called 950+ and then the below fish caught on the “Cabo” with Capt. Joe Bennie that they…

An update as of three days ago on where the boats are for Blue Marlin World Cup – the most international of all fishing tournaments.  In this winner-take-all tournament, always held on the 4th of July, the largest blue marlin caught in the world (must go 500+) wins the entire pot. Entries received thus far…64 in total… Algarve, Portugal –…

Blue Marlin World Cup Tournament (www.bluemarlinworldcup.com) – While there is a much larger World Cup going on right now, on July 4th the International Billfish community will have their own version of crowning the best in the World for Blue Marlin. For us, this tournament reminds us of all of the great places we have in the world to catch…

Morehead City, NC – Citation’s fish is disqualified!!!!!! Mate did not have a license and tried to get one on the way back in, so they knew it. Very sad for a great fish for the guys on the Citation. Carnivore takes 1st and $1,000,000! Must have been a tough call for the Tournament. Nobody won this one!!!!

Bazaruto, Mozambique – We got a really cool video from our friend Capt. Duarte Rato on the Vamizi who fishes down in Mozambique (dudas7mares@gmail.com). There are more than just billfish in this video, but the underwater shots on the black marlin are really impressive. Some of you may remember the Grander Black Marlin that Duarte caught that unfortunately got sharked,…

Big Rock Tournament “Control” – We waited for the final results today on Citation’ s winning 883 lbs Blue Marlin, worth $950,000, but they are taking their time. Well, why not? This is BIG money and it can really hurt one of the finest East Coast Tournaments. Lets hope they make the right decision and treat all participants fairly….