The Billfish Report

The Only Daily International Billfishing Report

August Billfish Beast Report

A pretty phenomenal month, all things considered, for billfishing around the world.  Even though some of the August headlines were stolen by an incredible White Marlin Open – which included a grander beating out a 790-pound blue for the title – as well as some incredible numbers of white marlin up and down the US [...]

650+ lbs Black Marlin in Cabo

Cab0 San Lucas, MX – There have been an unusual number of large black marlin caught this year. The below video is just another example for Team Karma.

Ecuador’s Blue Marlin

Manta, Ecuador – There has been an excellent Blue Marlin bite going on. Capt. Luis Gomez at the Blue Marlin Lodge (www.bluemarlinmanta.com) has been averaging four blue marlin bites a day. There have been a few striped marlin around as well, but blues have been the main attraction. Fish have been mostly in the 200 [...]

Madeira Grander Honorable Mention

Madeira – The boat Hawk Eye with Capt. Miguel Gavina, weighed a 990 lbs Blue Marlin. Unfortunately the fish died in the fight and was injured by the props. If the fish had not been injured, it would have gone over the mark. Congrats to the crew of the Hawk Eye for a great catch. [...]

Record Numbers on Whites

Ocean City, MD – There have been a number of reports of boats getting 20+ White Marlin. The report of all reports is from a boat called the Billfisher. The low number we have heard is 56 White Marlin in a day. Waiting for confirmation, but we have now heard that number or higher from [...]

World’s best grander spots

Excellent article up at marlinmag.com covering the world’s best locations for grander marlin.  The rankings they offer up: 1.  Cairns 2.  Kona 3.  Madeira 4.  Tahiti 5.  Bermuda 6.  Brazil Honorable mention: Rodrigues Island, Mauritius, Azores, Cape Verde, Vanuatu, Ivory Coast, Ascension Island. http://www.marlinmag.com/travel/international/the-worlds-best-grander-spots-1000084949-page-1.html We might reorder some of the honorable mentions, and might ask [...]

Hot NC White Marlin Bite

North Carolina – There has been a GREAT white marlin bite up and down the coast. Boats are getting anywhere from 5-15 shots a day. Most recently, we saw the Hunter out of Monteo, NC release 14 White Marlin. Typically this time a year starts a good Fall run. Last year we saw boats with [...]

Show support for HR 5804 – the Billfish Conservation Act of 2010

The Billfish Report strongly urges readers to support a bill proposed in the US House of Representatives (HR 5804 – the Billfish Conservation Act of 2010).  Under the terms of this legislation, no billfish or products containing billfish can be bought, sold, imported, exported, or possessed. Here’s a link to the content of this landmark [...]

New state record sword in Texas

We’ve got reports on a new state record caught right on the full moon.  The Loca Mia weighed a 442-pound sword off Port Aransas yesterday.  Pictures and more information to come..

Sandman Edges Big Oh at the Boy Scout

St Thomas, USVI – (Unofficial) Therapy went into the last day with 8 Blue Marlin, which was a 2 Marlin lead over Big Oh. In St Thomas, that is not a safe lead, but 2 blue marlin is still 2 blue marlin. Now, with stop fishing announced, it appears two boats , not one, have [...]

Boy Scout – Day 3 – USVI

St Thomas, USVI – 40 Blue Marlin caught today on the 3rd Day of the Boy Scout. Top Boat of the day was Therapy with 5 Blue Marlin released. Big Oh and Sandman also had great days, releasing 3 Blue Marlin each. Here are the numbers through DAY 3. Standings – Day 3 1. Therapy [...]

Big Cabo Marlin

Cabo San Lucas, MX – There has been  a flurry of activity down in Cabo over the last month with a number of blues and blacks over 500 lbs. On average these are much larger fish than we see typically in these waters. The striped marlin have bee around, but their bigger brothers have stolen [...]

Mid-Atlantic $500K – FINAL

Cape May, NJ & Ocean City, MD – It took the final day, to finally produce a challenger to Billfisher’s 88 lbs White Marlin.What had seemed like a bit of a slow tournament in weighed fish, quickly became a tight race, when Lady Luck V weighed an 88 lbs White Marlin to cause a tie [...]

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