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…
The marlin were biting and the anglers were fighting at the International Cap Cana Billfish Shootout, held June 9th to 14th, out of Marina Cap Cana, in the Dominican Republic. The tussle came in getting lines fouled through the thick blanket of brown algae, or sargassum, which covered the waters off the southeast coast of…
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…
The east coast of the Dominican Republic is earning a reputation for a hot marlin bite in the late spring. This year’s Fishing Lodge International Cap Cana Billfish Shootout, held May 17th – 22nd, certainly reinforced this status when the 17 boat fleet released 106 whites, 17 blues and a sailfish in three days of…
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.