Finding the right spot to fish proved the secret to success for Douglas, the Top Boat team in the Marlin Division at the Antigua & Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament, fished May 19 and 20, out of Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua. The Guadeloupe-based sport fishermen, along with teams aboard 20 other boats, were challenged by 20-plus knot…
It wasn’t a record. However, the 612lb blue marlin reeled in by Philip ‘Justen’ Barrett was definitely a whopper. The catch earned the St. Maarten fishermen the Largest Fish prize in the 49th Antigua & Barbuda Sports Fishing Tournament, held May 23rd and 24th, out of Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua. What’s more, this massive blue marlin…
Sports fishing is a great way to have fun around the water with kids, says Capt. Mike Pigott, who operates NightWing Charters out of Antigua. “This is one reason why all three of the Antigua and Barbuda Sports Fishing Club’s tournaments have a youth division. Over the last few years this has become a tough…
Luck and talent earned Vitamin B the top title in two back-to-back Antigua fishing tournaments. The team aboard the 31ft Bertram, with Mike Pigott, owner of Antigua’s Nightwing Charters at the helm, won the 3rd Antigua and Barbuda Marlin Classic on May 17 and then the marlin division of the 47th Antigua and Barbuda Sports…
They don’t have passports or visas. They don’t clear customs and immigration. Yet they are welcomed like royalty and Hollywood celebrities everywhere they visit. In fact, there is hardly an island in the Caribbean that doesn’t pay homage to the blue marlin and its fellow billfish by way of hosting a sport fishing tournament. Here…
Antigua and Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament For some it was a 30-plus year tradition. For others, it was beginner’s luck. Yet everyone who competed in the 46th Antigua and Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament, held May 26th and 27th, and the second Antigua and Barbuda Marlin Classic on May 28th, enjoyed a fantastic time…
NOTE: For the 2013 Fishing Tournaments, check it out here: https://www.allatsea.net/caribbean-big-sport-fishing-tournament-2013/ The annual migration of billfish and gamefish along the Caribbean island chain makes for great fishing year-round. Even more fun are the tournaments that combine fantastic fishing with nightly dock parties and prizes that span from spiffy trophies to luxury gifts, cash and of course…
A 23-foot boat took nearly half the Sporting Division prizes at Antigua’s 45th tournament — after a first day that produced one wahoo strike.
The prize giving party of the 45th Antigua and Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament declared an end to this year’s tournament and pronounced the out and out winners in Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour.
Down-to-the-wire excitement characterized the close competition at the 44th Antigua and Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament fished out of Nelson’s Dockyard May 21 to 23.