A double-header hook-up landed anglers April Newland and Mike Landgraf cash prizes for the two largest wahoo caught in the Wahoo Windup, hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC) and sponsored by Budget Marine. Newland’s 41.14-pounder weighed in as the largest, however still some 34 pounds short of earning the $10,000 prize offered…
Well over 100 brokers will be walking the docks at charter yacht shows in the Caribbean this season. One celebrating the start of her fourth decade in the business is Verna Ruan, owner of the St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands-based Crewed Charters. Since the inception of her brokerage in 1982, Ruan has seen many things…
There is officially only one town on St. Thomas: Charlotte Amalie. The rest of the island is divided up into ‘estates’ dating back to the sugar era. Yet, thanks to the proximity of the British Virgin Islands for sailing and the North Drop for sports fishing, Estate Red Hook, or ‘Red Hook’ for short, has…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Wave Paver team pulled away from the pack and lengthened their lead with four blue marlin releases today – tallying a whopping nine total in four days of fishing – to win the 41st USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) or ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ so nicknamed for the…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The bite slowed a bit today, but not the excitement as eight boats are now tied in points with five blue marlin releases apiece at the conclusion of day three in the USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) or ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ so nicknamed for the event’s chief beneficiary….
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The marlin slept in late this morning, but woke up hungry and treated anglers to a hot afternoon bite on the second day of fishing in the USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) or ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ so nicknamed for the event’s chief beneficiary. The 28-boat fleet spread across…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Rain can’t stop the Carnival and neither did a bit of precipitation dampen the marlin bite on the first day of fishing at the USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) or ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ so nicknamed for the event’s chief beneficiary. The 28-boat fleet released a whopping total of…
Catch the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) all-tackle world record blue marlin from now through December 13, fishing out of select marinas in the IGY network, and win a million-dollar prize! That means reeling in an Atlantic Blue Marlin heavier than the 1,402-pounder boated by Paulo Amorim off Vitoria, Brazil, in 1992. “It’s certainly possible”,…
World-class facilities combined with world-record fishing grounds are what sports fishermen can expect in Red Hook, St. Thomas. Over the last half century, this settlement on the far eastern end of the island has grown from a quiet bay where pioneering Capt. Johnny Harms first built a simple marina, to home of the full-service 126-slip…
IGY MARINAS LAUNCHES ITS INAUGURAL MILLION DOLLAR SPORTFISH CHALLENGE FORT LAUDERDALE, FL MAY 21, 2013 – IGY Marinas is excited to announce its inaugural Million Dollar Sportfish Challenge! The IGFA all-tackle world record catch contest takes place from select marinas in the IGY network and runs from May through December 2013, with registered anglers vying…
There was a five-way tie for top boat going into the fourth and final day of fishing in the 40th Anniversary USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT), nicknamed the ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ for the event’s chief beneficiary. Yet only one, the team aboard Puerto Rico’s Carlos Garcia’s 47ft Cabo, Peje, released one blue marlin…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. There was a five-way tie for top boat going into the fourth and final day of fishing in the 40th Anniversary USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT), nicknamed the ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ for the event’s chief beneficiary. Yet only one, the team aboard Puerto Rico’s Carlos Garcia’s 47-foot Cabo,…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. There was proof positive on this third day of fishing in the 40th Anniversary USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) that there’s a whole new generation of skilled anglers ready to make as celebrated tournament history as the fishermen before them. Seventeen-year-old Mason Domel from Austin, Texas, fishing with…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The release of three blue marlin put Peje, a Puerto Rico-based 47-foot Cabo, at the top of the leader board after the first day of fishing in the 40th Anniversary USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) or ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ nicknamed for the event’s chief beneficiary. “We saw three…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The docks are alive with the sights and sounds of pre-tournament excitement as the 40th Anniversary USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) or ‘Boy Scout Tournament’ so nicknamed for the event’s chief beneficiary, gets underway. The first day of fishing in this four-day tournament will kick-off Tuesday. Early risers…
Black Gold continued its lead on the third and final day of fishing to win Top Boat in the 49th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). Harry Sargeant, owner and angler aboard the 65-foot American Custom Yacht, released two blue marlin today to give Black Gold its…
The leaders kept leading on this second day of fishing at the 49th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). Harry Sargeant’s 65-foot American Custom Yacht, Black Gold, held its lead by releasing one blue marlin and one white marlin for a total of three blue marlin and…
Florida angler Harry Sargeant and his team aboard the 65-foot American Custom Yacht, Black Gold, proved they have what it takes to defend their Top Boat title. On this first day of fishing in the 49th annual July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club, Sargeant and fellow angler, Mike…
Calling all kids! The Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC) invites you to come down to the docks at the American Yacht Harbor (AYH) Marina in Red Hook, St. Thomas, to fish the July Open Kid’s Tournament on July 1. Participation is open to all kids 12 years of age and under. The first 100…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Register now to fish the legend! The 49th Annual July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT) – the longest annually held angling contest in the Virgin Islands and the tournament that put the Virgin Islands on the world’s blue marlin fishing map with Elliot Fishman’s all-tackle world record 845-pound blue marlin in…