The Only Daily International Billfishing Report
Guatemala – Capt. Eddie Bairez on the Circle Hook had three tremendous days on sailfish. In three days fishing, they released 66 Sailfish on 80+ Bites. This included some very good boat work by Capt. Eddie, when the crew managed to release 5 Sailfish at one time. Billfish enthusiast will remember this boat as Captain Hook (43′ Willis) whose former…
We’ve got reports of a pending 8kg blue marlin world record. Fish was caught off Whangaroa, NZ, and went 215kg (474 lbs). Angler was Guy Jacobsen, fight went two hours. Boat was the Hookin’ Bull, captain John Batterton. Here’s a picture of the fish…
No better place in the world to catch sailfish than South Florida right now – reports coming out of boats seeing 100+ sails (Randy Yates) and 58 releases on 85 hookups (on the Reely Tight). Fishing was also terrific at last week’s Silver Sailfish Derby, where the Get Lit caught 37 sails over the three-day tournament to take tournament honors. …
The Billfish Report is counting down its Top 10 Billfisheries of the Year, and coming in at #2 is The Great Barrier Reef (Australia). Criteria for our Top 10 include numbers, variety, and size of fish. There is no greater fishery on earth for big fish than the Great Barrier Reef, period! If you want to target a large black…