How to Charter a Fishing Boat Over 500 species of fish swim in the waters of the southern Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Nearly every island boasts one or a number of ways to charter a fishing boat for sports fishing. Charter operations are ready to take both first-time and experienced anglers out for…
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…
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…
St. Thomas is known for its hot blue marlin bite in the summer. Yet anglers who want to get a jump on catching and releasing these blue behemoths should head 40 miles south to St. Croix earlier in the year. A whopping twenty-four blue marlin were raised by anglers aboard seven boats competing in the…
July 2011: billfish returns to the Bitter End on new docks, with four days’ free dockage for boats that enter early.
Caribbean Nautical, Mercury Marine’s dealer in the island of Curacao will now be the main sponsor of one of the largest and most important events in the island. The annual Curacao Yacht Club Blue Marlin Release Tournament.
For 13-year-old Travis Morrison, who released his first marlin at the age of nine and several more after that, it’s a sport he’s been born into.
The bite was hot and so was the competition at the International Billfish Shootout. This 16th annual event was held out of its new home in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic.
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.
The Grenada fishing team Crazy Horse won the 30th TTGFA Marlin Madness International Game Fishing Tournament held April 21 to 24 out of Pigeon Point, Tobago.
In the weekend of January 28th through 31st, a total of 30 fishing teams on seagoing vessels registered for the Bonaire International Blue Marlin Tournament 2010.
St. Thomas is home to finest Blue Marlin fishing in the summer. If you wanted to learn how to catch a Marlin on a fly rod, there’s no better place
Christmas came early for angler Christian Brox, visiting Puerto Rico from Norway. On December 11, aboard the charter boat “Big Time”, captained by Eduardo Alcaide, Christian hooked into a monster blue marlin. The fish knocked down the left short rigger, then came back again and swallowed a blue and green Pakula Mouse. It was trolled…