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…
Living the Dream proved they were the ‘Dream Team’ by winning the 20th Golden Hook Challenge, hosted by St. Croix’s Golden Hook Fishing Club, February 23 – 24. The 65ft Hatteras was the only one in the six boat tournament fleet to catch a billfish, two in fact, to triumph. The Living the Dream team…
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…
The combination of an experienced captain, novice angler and one blue marlin was what it took to win the 17th Annual Golden Hook Challenge, held out of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands on March 27 and 28.