Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s USVI Billfish Shootout Set for August 2, 2025 – Early Entry Discount Ends July 21, 2025
Release the most blue marlin and win $5000! Or, catch the largest mahi-mahi, tuna, or wahoo and pocket $1,000 for each.
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The Sailfish Bowl Fishing Tournament Returns to Marina Casa de Campo
Mark your calendar for the fifth annual Sailfish Bowl Fishing Tournament at Marina Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, from February 6–8, 2025. Compete for the prestigious title of Grand Champion in one of the Caribbean’s top sportfishing events!
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SandBob Wins 3rd Chub Cay Invitational with Blue Marlin and Sailfish Releases
Read about the father/son team fishing on SandBob who topped the field in the third annual Chub Cay Invitational, releasing one blue marlin and three sailfish for a total of 800 points.
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Bailey’s Abigail III Win’s Marlin University Tournament in BVI
Experience paid off as local sport fishing legend, Captain Red Bailey, led the anglers and crew to a top boat win at Marlin University’s tournament
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Not an Easy Victory at Casa De Campo International Blue Marlin Classic
“It was not as easy a victory as some might think” said a smiling Captain Gaskill. “We had to work very hard and travel far for the win”
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Builder’s Choice Winner in 3rd Annual Marina Casa de Campo Open
Builder’s Choice, a 64 Jarrett Bay based in New Bern, took top honors at the third annual Marina Casa de Campo Open last week
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67 Blue Marlin Released at San Juan’s 2018 International Billfish Tournament
Fun is what they went out to catch. When Juan Colon and his team aboard the Sunny Briggs 64, Caramba, docked after the final day of fishing in the Club Nautico de San Juan’s International Billfish Tournament, it was fun plus the Top Boat prize they brought back. Caramba was one of 43 boats and…
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Barbados Blue Waters Billfish International Tournament
Perseverance, patience and repositioning from one fishing hole to another paid off for the Top Boat team in the Blue Waters Billfish International Offshore Invitational, hosted by the Barbados Game Fishing Association, October 13th – 14th. Seventeen teams, with 104 anglers, battled it out on an enviable combination of slick calm seas and a hot…
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St. Martin Billfish Tournament 2018: Yellow Whip Top Boat, Petit Top Angler
Smaller yet just as spectacular is a great way to describe the 2018 St. Martin Billfish Tournament, presented by Delta Petroleum. Nine boats, carrying sportfishing teams from St. Martin, St. Croix, Antigua and Trinidad cast off in the two-day tournament fished out of Marina Fort Louis, in Marigot, 22-23 June 2018. By lines out on…
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Save the Date! Club Nautico de San Juan International Billfish Tournament – October 15-21, 2018
Most deep-sea fishing anglers across the globe have fished or know the uniqueness of the International Billfish Tournament (IBT) of Club Náutico de San Juan. This year it will be held Oct. 15-21 with the waxing gibbous moon of October for the right moment, water temperatures and the opportunity to fish at the world famous…
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Antigua & Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament
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…
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Casa De Campo International Blue Marlin Classic
Being in the right place at the right time paid off in double dividends for the Mama Who at the 5th Casa de Campo International Blue Marlin Classic. The team aboard the 77ft Jarrett Bay earned Top Boat in the April 18th to 21st tournament fished out of Marina Casa de Campo, in the Dominican…
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Club Nautico de San Juan International Billfish Tournament
Rough seas didn’t dampen the sports fishing enthusiasm at Club Nautico de San Juan’s 64th International Billfish Tournament (IBT), fished December 2nd to 3rd 2017. Rescheduled once from September and again from November in the wake of Hurricane Maria’s devastation, a hearty group of highly skilled anglers and crews braved strong winds and were rewarded…
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Doña Lucy Wins USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament
A total of five blue marlin released in three days of fishing earned Doña Lucy the top boat prize in the 45th annual USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT). Incredibly, the San Juan, Puerto Rico-based team scored four of these fish on the last day of fishing to take the trophy over A1A, which also released…
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Antigua & Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament
Good vibes and great skills led the team aboard Incognito to win the Mikie Pigott Jr. Memorial Classic, hosted out of Nelson’s Dockyard on June 2nd. However, when it came to the team defending its top boat title in the marlin division at the 51st Antigua & Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament, which followed back-to-back on…
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Cap Cana International Billfish Shootout
The spectacular catch and release of two blue marlin and four white marlin on the third and final day of fishing in the 23rd International Billfish Shootout in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, is the come-from-behind feat which earned the sport fishermen aboard Casca Dura the Top Boat Prize. In total, the 72ft Merritt’s Brazilian-based team…
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Catch the Fun! 5th Marlin Fest Set for August 5 & 6, 2017
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Can’t get out on the water for the 45th USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament, set for August 4 to 6? No worries! Celebrate the summer marlin fishing season in the Virgin Islands on shore at MarlinFest. A fair, food competition and festival show is some of the fun. “MarlinFest is…
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Never Enough Wins Barbados International Tournament
Three is certainly a lucky number for Sir Charles Williams, who with fellow anglers and crew aboard his 54ft Bertram, Never Enough, competed in the Barbados Game Fishing Association’s International Tournament, held April 19 – 23. The *Bim-based team, which had three generations of the Williams family aboard, enjoyed a successful triple-header with a hook-up…
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Sodium Leads Day 1 at 54th July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. A trio of blue marlin releases put Sodium soundly in first place on the scoreboard after the first day of fishing in the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). Chad Damron, owner and angler aboard the 75-foot Weaver homeported in Florida,…
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Lines In at 54th July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Over half dozen boats homeported in the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rici and U.S. mainland are ready to fish the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), July 6 to 8. Anglers in this longest annually held angling contest in the Virgin Islands…
