AMBT Press Release St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – The release of four blue marlin put Chach, a Louisiana-based Monterey 58, at the top of the leader board after the first day of fishing in the 39th annual USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT).“Right off the bat there were lots of bites all around us,” says Damon Chouest, about…

Ocean City, MD – It took a couple days and a few weighed fish, but we finally got our first qualifying marlin from Tighten Up. The fish weighed in at 86.5 lbs with angler Brian Kline getting the credit. Fishing has been good in general with plenty of White Marlin releases. Alexis leads all boats (2 Days of fishing) with…

  Surfside Beach, Texas – If you ask us the one place to go in the world to catch a sword, we would tell you without question, South Florida. We may however have to start re-thinking our answer given the great swordfishery off of Texas. We get quite a few reports from boats fishing off Texas who have managed to…

  Bermuda – The Blue Marlin World and the Triple Crown had all ended, just in time for an epic big blue marlin bite. The boys were no longer fishing for money, but for “fishery pride”. It has been an abnormally slow season for Bermuda, which is known to produce some of the biggest blue marlin in the Atlantic. There…

HIBT Press Release Kona, Hawaii (Thursday, July 28, 2011) – Two hours into Day Four of the 52nd Annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament and Kona’s Captain Marlin Parker heard the reel scream. Fishing in sector Juliet, just north of Kailua, Bay of Islands Swordfish Club #2 of New Zealand boated a major catch to propel the team into second place on…

Key West, FL – 44 Boats lined up again to try and find the elusive Blue Marlin for bragging rights in the Florida Keys. The Drambuie Key West Marlin Tournament is the only marlin tournament held in the Keys, so the pressure was on. Moppy Dick II released two blue marlin to take the honors and the $25,000 first place…

Blue Marlin release for Capt. Gene Key West, FL – Two Blue Marlin released on Day One of the Drambuie. While that number may sound low, this tournament in all reality has a lot more to do with fun. But here at the Billfish Report and FishMonster Magazine, we take blue marlin very seriously. That is why we are so…