Friday, March 12, 2010

What a marlin’s really doing when it’s about to strike…

March 9, 2010 by John  
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What a marlin’s really doing when it’s about to strike…

Check out this video clip, from “Blue Marlin of Ghana.”  Makes you wonder how many marlin come into your spread and do nothing!

Galapagos Striped Marlin

March 9, 2010 by Hook  
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Galapagos Striped Marlin

Galapagos – There has been a great bite going on for some time off the Galapagos. The islands that everyone knows for eco-tourism also happen to produce some of the best striped marlin fishing around. While striped marlin are the main attraction, they see a good number of blues and even a black marlin from [...]

The Billfish Beast Report – February edition

March 3, 2010 by John  
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The Billfish Beast Report – February edition

One look at the reports and one would think all that’s being caught these days are huge numbers of sailfish and striped marlin.  But there still have been a fair few big girls caught thus far.  The world’s highlights this year so far, by billfishery…
Ascension Island – 950 blue, 900 blue, 700 blue, 600 blue
Panama [...]

Billfish Grand Slam on Fly!

March 1, 2010 by Hook  
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Billfish Grand Slam on Fly!

Malindi, Kenya – It should come as no surprise that a Billfish Grand Slam was accomplished in Keyna, but this time on fly! As if it was not challenging enough to get three species in one day, angler Con Jooste added the element of doing it with a fly rod. What made this even more [...]

Where the Billfish are in late February

February 25, 2010 by John  
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Where the Billfish are in late February

So where are the Billfish showing up these days?
Well, for starters Ascension Island is heating up – seeing fish as large as 950 this last week, with some consistent size on fish in the spread.
Cabo San Lucas is really not replicating the great February/March striped marlin bite from the last three years – the bills [...]

Brazil Blue Marlin Part II

February 23, 2010 by Hook  
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Brazil Blue Marlin Part II

Canavieiras, Brazil – Capt. Shawn Wallace said fishing was picking up and he was right. After picking up a couple nice 600+ plus fish last week, Shawn has produced again. While fishing on Carmague, they Raised 7, hag 6 Bites and released a 500 and a 700 lber. The other fish they saw were all [...]

First Grander of 2010?

February 21, 2010 by Hook  
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First Grander of 2010?

Ascension Island – We do not want to say, we told you so, but we did. It appears we may have had the first Grander Blue Marlin of 2010, caught by the Harmattan with Capt. Matthias Henningsen. She ate a Fox Lure that is apparently a home made lure. I guess it [...]

Brazil’s Blue Marlin

February 20, 2010 by Hook  
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Brazil’s Blue Marlin

Canavieiras, Brazil – Fishing this season on the Royal Charlotte Bank did not measure up to years past. For a famed area and for that matter, country, Brazil’s fertile waters have not measured up. Cabo Frio, which brought us the current All-Tackle world record blue marlin produced so few fish [...]

Who says you have to go offshore for marlin?

February 17, 2010 by John  
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Who says you have to go offshore for marlin?

Two incredible stories from the last week on marlin – both seeing marlin caught INSHORE.
The first comes from Australia.  One REALLY lost marlin apparently had two encounters with people inshore.  The first time was right off the Capricorn Coast in Australia, with some really surprised anglers fighting a marlin and losing it alongside the boat…and [...]

Ascension Blues

February 17, 2010 by Hook  
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Ascension Blues

Ascension Island –  The little known island in the middle of the South Atlantic has produced some big blue marlin with a 1,200 caught a few years back. This is one of the places where if you are looking for the All Tackle record, you might want to stop by. The boys [...]

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