The Cape Verde Islands in April means Blue Marlin and lots of them. It is not uncommon to have 10 Shots a Day! 2010 has already started out well, but we thought we would show some action from 2009 to get the blood pumping.
As a matter of policy, it’s unusual for us to post pictures of dead marlin. The rare instances when we do, it’s either a grander, a tournament winner, or a world record…which is where we generally don’t favor, but don’t completely object to, taking the fish. And it’s more the principle than it is a reality of conservation – after…
Coiba Island, Panama – We have seen a lot of cool shots before and quite frankly don’t post them unless we think they are spectacular. The boat Karma, who is based out of San Diego, but spends a lot of time in Mexico and Central America, posted a couple really unique shots on a blue marlin. Check these out and…
Cabo San Lucas is a world-renowned marlin fishery – and one of the few places on earth where one can catch a marlin every day of the year. It’s perhaps the best place on earth to catch striped marlin – it’s right at a Pacific migratory route, and a number of stripeys just stay there year round – and blues…
Check out this video clip, from “Blue Marlin of Ghana.” Makes you wonder how many marlin come into your spread and do nothing!
One look at the reports and one would think all that’s being caught these days are huge numbers of sailfish and striped marlin. But there still have been a fair few big girls caught thus far. The world’s highlights this year so far, by billfishery… Ascension Island – 950 blue, 900 blue, 700 blue, 600 blue Panama – 800 black,…
Malindi, Kenya – It should come as no surprise that a Billfish Grand Slam was accomplished in Keyna, but this time on fly! As if it was not challenging enough to get three species in one day, angler Con Jooste added the element of doing it with a fly rod. What made this even more impressive is that one of…
So where are the Billfish showing up these days? Well, for starters Ascension Island is heating up – seeing fish as large as 950 this last week, with some consistent size on fish in the spread. Cabo San Lucas is really not replicating the great February/March striped marlin bite from the last three years – the bills are scarce these…
