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St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Double the number of releases by the fleet on day two of the 53rd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), put more boats on the scoreboard. However, it was Zac Murch, the 14-year-old Davie, Florida angler aboard the 58-foot Merritt, Never Say…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The release of two blue marlin landed Never Say Never in the lead after the first day of fishing in the 53rd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). The Davie, Florida-based mother and son team of Melissa and Zac Murck aboard the…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Nearly a half dozen boats homeported in the Virgin Islands and U.S. mainland are ready to fish in the 53rd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT). This longest annually held angling contest in the Virgin Islands and is hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). Anglers in this three-day…
Catch a whopper dolphin (mahi-mahi) over 55-pounds and win $25,000 cash! This is the top prize in the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s (VIGFC) 21st Annual Dolphin Derby, sponsored by Budget Car and Truck Rental and set for April 24, 2016. “Fifty-five-pound dolphin have been caught here in waters surrounding the U.S. Virgin Islands, just…
Boys and girls enrolled in the Marine Vocational Program (MVP)’s learn to swim classes at the St. Thomas Swimming Association’s (STSA) pool in Red Hook had a big surprise waiting for them on the last Saturday in February. The Sunday prior, a group of over 30 people completed much-needed tasks such as painting the pool…
A new initiative is linking sea and shore-side communities. ‘Inspire Giving through You’ is a community-based initiative launched in November by IGY Marinas, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-headquartered international marina network spanning two hemispheres. The first projects get underway this month in eight locations in the Caribbean and Latin America. “We’ve been an active contributor in the…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Marlin madness will reach a fever pitch in the Virgin Islands August 23 to 30 for the 43rd USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) and 3rd annual MarlinFest. These simultaneous events draw the best sports fishermen in the world, plus hundreds of blue marlin fans, ready for tight lines and…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Making the most of every bite proved the key to success for the team aboard Wave Paver. Port Canaveral, Florida-based Jr. Davis, angler and owner of the 61’ Garlington, and his team released seven blue marlin in three days of fishing to earn Top Boat in the 52nd July Open…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Wave Paver jumped into the lead at the 52nd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), with the release of four blue marlin in two days of competition. The Port Canaveral, Florida-based team aboard the 61’ Garlington released a trio of blues today,…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (July 26, 2015). The catch that drew the most excitement at the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Kid’s Fishing Tournament wasn’t a fish at all. It was a spiny lobster. Twelve-year-old Keshawn Hodge and 11-year-old Jules Horne hooked the first of what totaled five crustaceans caught along the docks at…
Eight-year-old Tamika Peets dangled her fishing rod’s squid-baited hook in the waters off the docks at St. Thomas’ IGY American Yacht Harbor Marina. Peets could hear the screams of her fellow anglers competing in the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Kid’s Fishing Tournament as they caught fish, yet the nibbles she received just weren’t turning…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The number 13 proved lucky for the San Juan, Puerto Rico-based anglers and crew aboard the 56’ Viking, Reel Affair. This was the number of blue marlin over four days of fishing that earned owner/angler, Carlos Ramirez, and his team the Top Boat title in the 42nd USVI Open/Atlantic Blue…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The bite stayed strong on the third day of competition in the 42nd USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) and so did the performance of the team aboard Carlos Ramirez’ 56’ Viking, Reel Affair. The San Juan, Puerto Rico-based anglers and crew released three blue marlin by noon, taking away…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. There’s a reason the sport is called ‘fishing’ and not ‘catching’. The team of anglers and crew aboard the 68’ Paul Mann, Jichi, found this out the hard way. After releasing a near tournament record 7 blue marlin on the first day, they went fishless on the second day of…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The bite proved red hot for the anglers and crew aboard the 68’ Paul Mann, Jichi. The Miami, Florida-based team released a whopping 7 blue marlin on the first day of fishing in the 42nd USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT), to the lead the 22-boat fleet. “It was…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The bite picked up and so did the excitement at the IGY American Yacht Harbor docks during the second day of fishing in the 51st July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT). The eight boat fleet nearly doubled its catch rate from yesterday to five or eight total marlin releases in two…
Eight-year-old Tamika Peets dangled the squid-baited hook of her fishing rod in the waters off the docks at St. Thomas’ IGY American Yacht Harbor Marina. Peets could hear the screams of her fellow anglers competing in today’s Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Kid’s Fishing Tournament as they caught fish, yet the nibbles she received just…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Soccer has its World Cup. Tennis its Wimbledon and Cycling its Tour de France. Now, the ‘Super Bowl of Sports Fishing’ has made it easy for fans to join in on the excitement of big game fishing at its best. Welcome to Marlin Fest! “Marlin Fest is a week of…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Go fish! The July Open Kid’s Tournament, hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), will take place on July 6 at the IGY American Yacht Harbor (AYH) Marina in Red Hook, St. Thomas. Participation is open to all kids 12 years of age and under. The first 200…
There are two seasons at the American Yacht Harbor Marina (AYH), a 126-slip Island Global Yachting (IGY)-operated facility in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Busy and busier. That’s just the way Gary Hodge, manager extraordinaire at the marina’s fuel dock for over 20 years, likes it. Different from many destinations where seasonality creates downtime, Hodge…