The scoreboard on the first day of fishing in the 20th International Cap Cana Billfish Shootout showed a surprising entry: a release credited to Scott Leon, captain of Sandman, a 63ft Spencer owned by Florida’s Sandra MacMillan. It’s anglers, not captains, who get credited with billfish release points. Yet Leon received his ‘points’ as a…
Anglers competing for big fish and big prize money in Extreme Kayak Fishing’s two-day Battle in the Bahamas offshore tournament got more than they bargained for. On April 25, fishermen from Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Virginia raced their kayaks through calm turquoise waters off Freeport, Grand Bahamas, in search of the big catch. Joe…
It’s not every day you’re recognized for your expertise and a job well done. Yet that day came for Puerto Rico’s Juan Carlos Torruella when he was named one of the 50 Top Charter Captains by Salt Water Sportsman magazine. Torruella is the only Caribbean captain on a list that includes sports fishing professionals in…
Marina Casa de Campo Fishing Season closes with 855 Blue Marlins released in 112 days of fishing. La Romana, Dom. Rep. 15th July, 2014 The Blue Marlin fishing season for Marina Casa de Campo with 855/1,418 Blue Marlins released in 112 days of fishing, averaging in 8 billfish per day. This year La Marina counted with…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. A blue marlin release within minutes of lines out earned the team aboard Indigo, a 61-foot Buddy Davis that is part of the local Ocean Surfari Charter fleet, the Top Boat in the 51st July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted July 9 to 11 by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing…
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…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The fish weren’t biting, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying to catch them on the part of the eight teams competing in the 51st July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT). By lines out at 5:30 p.m., three boats released one blue marlin apiece. This result was enough to put…
The 51st July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT) – the longest annually held angling contest in the Virgin Islands hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC) – will kick-off Wednesday July 9th with a fleet of nearly a dozen boats home-ported out of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and several U.S. mainland states. Anglers…
The reel March Madness didn’t take place on the basketball court but in the cockpits of the 16 boats competing in the inaugural all-release Casa de Campo International Blue Marlin Classic. Hosted out of the Dominican Republic from March 20 to 23, the fleet released a whopping 73 blue marlin or an incredible 4.56 blues…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Register now to fish the legend! The 51st 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 – will be fished July 9, 10 and 11. “We…
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…
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…
Register now! The 19th Annual Caicos Classic IGFA Billfish Release Tournament will take place out of Blue Haven Marina and Resort, an Island Global Yachting (IGY) destination, in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos from July 3-7, 2014. Up for grabs? Entry into the 2015 IGFA Offshore World Championship in Costa Rica, plus cash prizes and much…
In most cases, the bait and the pelagic species of gamefish that consume them begin to stir in May and stay active all summer long. Participation in billfishing tournaments is a great way to get recreational anglers involved in the offshore game. What better way to test your metal than loading up a sportfisher boat…
The marlin played hard to get at the 21st Golden Hook Challenge, hosted by St. Croix’s Golden Hook Fishing Club on March 1 to 2. In the end, it was two decades of experience fishing in this tournament (including three past wins), persistence and flat calm seas that led the team aboard the Topaz 29…
Following on last year’s success of the Caicos Classic IGFA Billfish Release Tournament, Blue Haven Resort and Marina is proud to announce they are again the hosting marina for the thrilling annual event. As part of the Turks and Caicos billfish community for 18 years, the Caicos Classic is now in its 19th year, welcoming…
Many destinations claim to be the ‘Sports Fishing Capitol of the World’. Cabo San Lucas is the real deal. What’s more, this picturesque Mexican city located at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula offers something for everyone whether cruising in on a sport fisher, sailboat or megayacht. Sports fishing has been a big…
The famous El Zorro – the mothership on which the late St. Thomas-based sports fisherman Jim Edmiston traveled around the world in search of a 2000lb blue marlin – has come back to life thanks to a loving restoration by Trinidad & Tobago’s Didier Remacle and his wife Danielle. “My wife and I were looking…
Careful preparation, life-saving camaraderie plus a little luck led the Trinidadian team aboard the 54ft Bertram, Abracadabra, to win the Top Boat prize in the 45th Budget Marine Spice Island Billfish Tournament (BMSIBT), held January 27 to 31 out of the Grenada Yacht Club (GYC). “All crews that go to Grenada are always very prepared…
Move over Hawaii, Bermuda and even St. Thomas. The Dominican Republic is the new hot spot for some of the best billfishing in the world. Consider that eighteen boats released a total of 132 billfish – 14 blue marlin, 116 white marlin and two sailfish – in three days of fishing in the 2013 International…