Swords-A-Plenty on the Booby Trap

Swords-A-Plenty on the Booby Trap

  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…

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Big Bermuda Blues Show Up!

Big Bermuda Blues Show Up!

  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…

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HIBT- Day 4

HIBT- Day 4

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…

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Moppy Dick II Wins the Drambuie

Moppy Dick II Wins the Drambuie

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…

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Drambuie – Day 1

Drambuie – Day 1

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…

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Click Through Takes Big Game Classic

Click Through Takes Big Game Classic

Bermuda – It was a tight finish to the 11th Annual Bermuda Big Game Classic, but Click Through held on to a 1 Blue Marlin advantage.  Click Through finished with 1,900 points, releasing 3 Blue Marlin and 2 White Marlin. Uno Mas, Georgie Girl and Sea Toy all finished with 1,500 points, which is just one blue marlin short of…

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Bite continues to be hot in Kona

Bite continues to be hot in Kona

Kona, HI – As if weighing the only three qualifying fish weren’t enough – Kona has continued to both see and catch huge fish and big numbers.  The Monkey Biz II, captained by Chip Van Mols, led the way today with three releases.  More to come with a Kona trip report..    

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