Bailey’s Abigail III Win’s Marlin University Tournament in BVI
Experience paid off as local sport fishing legend, Captain Red Bailey, led the anglers and crew to a top boat win at Marlin University’s tournament
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Exciting Finish at the July Open Billfish Tournament
Two boats nearly swapped places on the leaderboard during the third and final day of fishing in the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). In the end, it was Sodium that earned Top Boat and the 75ft Weaver’s owner and angler, Chad Damron, who won Top…
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Sodium Top Boat, Damron Top Angler at 54th July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Two boats nearly swapped places on the leaderboard during the third and final day of fishing in the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). In the end, it was Sodium that earned Top Boat and the 75-foot Weaver’s owner and angler,…
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Sodium Holds Onto Lead Day 2 at 54th July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Fishing was slow aboard the Sodium, but not for some of the rest of the fleet on the second day of fishing in the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). Sodium owner/angler, Chad Damron, caught and released only one blue marlin…
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Sodium Leads Day 1 at 54th July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. A trio of blue marlin releases put Sodium soundly in first place on the scoreboard after the first day of fishing in the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). Chad Damron, owner and angler aboard the 75-foot Weaver homeported in Florida,…
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Lines In at 54th July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Over half dozen boats homeported in the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rici and U.S. mainland are ready to fish the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), July 6 to 8. Anglers in this longest annually held angling contest in the Virgin Islands…
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54th July Open Billfish Tournament Set for July 6 to 8
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Catch and release 15 blue marlin in three days of fishing to win $25,000. This is the new top prize at the 54th July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), July 6 to 8. Sports fishermen from the Caribbean and U.S. mainland are…
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10 Sport Fishing Tournaments to Try Your Luck
Sport fishing is a sport enjoyed around the globe. In the U.S., 46 million Americans or nearly 16 percent of the population ages 6 and older fishes for pleasure, according to the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation’s 2015 Special Report on Fishing. What’s more, angling for that big one isn’t an adult men’s only club….
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Dolphin Derby Winners
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The catch of a 34.06-pound dolphin fish (mahi-mahi) earned St. Thomas’, Angela Berry, Top Angler and a $1,000 cash prize at the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s 22nd Annual Dolphin Derby, sponsored by Budget Car & Truck Rental, and held April 9th. Fishing aboard the St. Thomas-based 45’ Wilbur Sportfish,…
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Never Say Never Top Boat, Murck Top Angler – 53rd July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Staying alert, listening for the sound of the teaser going off and paying close attention to the crew’s direction proved the secret to success for Zachary ‘Zak’ Murck, of Davie, Florida. The fourteen-year-old angler released six blue marlin in three days to earn the coveted Top Angler prize in the…
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Never Say Never Continues Lead Day 2 – July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Double the number of releases by the fleet on day two of the 53rd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), put more boats on the scoreboard. However, it was Zac Murch, the 14-year-old Davie, Florida angler aboard the 58-foot Merritt, Never Say…
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Never Say Never Leads Day 1 – July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The release of two blue marlin landed Never Say Never in the lead after the first day of fishing in the 53rd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). The Davie, Florida-based mother and son team of Melissa and Zac Murck aboard the…
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Fishing Starts at July Open Billfish Tournament Sunday
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Nearly a half dozen boats homeported in the Virgin Islands and U.S. mainland are ready to fish in the 53rd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT). This longest annually held angling contest in the Virgin Islands and is hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC). Anglers in this three-day…
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Wave Paver Top Boat, Davis Top Angler – July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Making the most of every bite proved the key to success for the team aboard Wave Paver. Port Canaveral, Florida-based Jr. Davis, angler and owner of the 61’ Garlington, and his team released seven blue marlin in three days of fishing to earn Top Boat in the 52nd July Open…
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Wave Paver Leads After Day 2 – July Open Billfish Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Wave Paver jumped into the lead at the 52nd July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT), hosted by the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC), with the release of four blue marlin in two days of competition. The Port Canaveral, Florida-based team aboard the 61’ Garlington released a trio of blues today,…
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Ocean Surfari’s Indigo Top Boat at July Open Billfish Tourney
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…
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Indigo Leads Boat, Casca Dura’s Abud Leads Angler at July Open
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…
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Ocean Surfaris’ Indigo Leads Day 1 – 51st July Open Billfish Tournament
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…
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51st July Open Billfish Tournament Kicks-Off
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…
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July Open Billfish Tournament Set for July 9-11
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…
