The Only Daily International Billfishing Report
Macae, Brazil – You have probably seen a couple videos floating around the internet of Swordfish attacking various things underwater. The latest comes from Pepe Bertrand whose buddy Marcos Maia was captaining this submarine when this Swordfish attacked. They were examining an oil platform and apparently this Swordfish wanted to protect his turf. The fish got caught in the sub’s…
August was a good month for large Billfish with fifty-five (55) reported to us over 500 lbs including fifty-one (51) Blue Marlin, two (2) Black Marlin and two (2) Swordfish. The fish were spread out through a number of fisheries with Kona, Hawaii c0-leading with ten (10) Blue Marlin, largest of which was an 883 lbs. Blue Marlin on the…
Azores – Incredible action video of a 1,075 lbs. Blue Marlin on the Boca Raton.
Mid Atlantic, USA – It appears the White Marlin run has begun. From Ocean City, Maryland to Oregon Inlet, North Carolina boats are returning home with riggers filled with Blue and White Flags. While most boats are getting a least five (5) Billfish shots a day, there are a few boats putting up serious numbers. In Virginia Beach, Rebel…
Bimini, Bahamas – We have now seen Swordfish in the surf of Texas, Sailfish in South Florida canals and Striped Marlin in the Cabo Marina. Now, we can add Blue Marlin from the dock in Bimini. Capt. Skipper Gentry, normally behind the wheel of the Carolina Gentlemen has to search well offshore to find a Blue Marlin, but apparently he…
We were following three geographically diverse Tournaments over the past weekend including the Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament from Manteo, North Carolina (USA), Cap Cana Blue Marlin Classic from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and the Texas Billfish Championship from Freeport, Texas (USA). Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament – Uno Mas lead all boats in release points with 9 White Marlin and 2 Sailfish released. Ann…
East Cape, Mexico – (Capt. Dave Lear) Team Nautahorse, led by angler Hector Guijarro Tomayo, raced to the finish line on the last day of the 2014 Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament to win the top purse by a bill. The team’s 323-pound blue marlin caught Friday afternoon swept the marlin category and all three daily jackpots for a $396,705 payout,…
Port Aransas, Texas – Seems like a fish story for sure, except the proof is in the pictures. What we gather from a link we received from a site called 2CoolFishing was that angler Chris Kelley was surf fishing for redfish, when this Swordfish grabbed his redfish. He obviously landed the fish and this is not photoshopped. Per the report,…