A Billfish Royal Slam is for most a lifetime sports fishing achievement. Julie Crispin, of Stuart, Florida, has set out to accomplish the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) recognized feat of catching, tagging and releasing nine specific billfish species in 12 months. This has meant touring the world in search of Pacific blue marlin, black marlin,…
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…
Catch the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) all-tackle world record blue marlin from now through December 13, fishing out of select marinas in the IGY network, and win a million-dollar prize! That means reeling in an Atlantic Blue Marlin heavier than the 1,402-pounder boated by Paulo Amorim off Vitoria, Brazil, in 1992. “It’s certainly possible”,…
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Talent and luck earned the team aboard Pescador the Top Boat win in the 50th Anniversary July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), July 19 to 21. Stephen Deckoff, Sr. the St. John, USVI-based owner/angler of the 60-foot Rybovich, caught his fifth blue…
World-class facilities combined with world-record fishing grounds are what sports fishermen can expect in Red Hook, St. Thomas. Over the last half century, this settlement on the far eastern end of the island has grown from a quiet bay where pioneering Capt. Johnny Harms first built a simple marina, to home of the full-service 126-slip…
Capt. Johnny Harms is credited with ‘discovering’ the magnificent blue marlin fishery in the Virgin Islands. That was back in the 1950s when Laurence Rockefeller brought Harms down to explore the possibility of big game charter fishing for Rockefeller’s guests at St. John’s Caneel Bay Resort. Yet charter fishing isn’t the only thing for which…
Register now! Internationally traveled anglers are already marking their calendars for the three days before the September full moon and one day after, also booking their flights to Puerto Rico. These incredibly productive marlin fishing dates is when Club Nautico de San Juan hosts its prestigious 59th International Billfish Tournament (IBT). Set for September 23…