Team ViceVersa Claims Victory in the 2nd Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament
Team ViceVersa wins 2nd Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament with 500 points. Tyler Rodriguez is top male angler, Jill Paglia top female angler.
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Bartenders and Restaurant Employees Compete at Bartenders Sailfish Open
45 anglers, who are bartenders or restaurant employees representing 11 different bars, released 11 Sailfish on February 11th
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Trinidad & Tobago Game Fishing Association’s Marlin Madness
Finding the fish proved a winning tactic for the Top Boat team aboard the Reelin & Dealing in the 37th Marlin Madness tournament, held April 4 to 8, out of Pigeon Point, Tobago. Captain Adrian de Silva at the helm of the 43ft Viking Express, got the bites while the anglers from Barbados and Trinidad,…
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Budget Marine Spice Island Billfish Tournament
A new teaser system spelled success for the sport fisherman aboard the Bertram 31, Hard Play II. The Tobago-based team earned Top Boat at the 48th Budget Marine Spice Island Billfish Tournament, held January 21st to 25th out of the Grenada Yacht Club in St. George’s, with the release of nine billfish, five sailfish and four…
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International Light Tackle Tournament Association (ILTTA) Competition
The release of nine billfish earned Club Nautico de Santo Domingo the top team prize at the 76th International Light Tackle Tournament Association (ILTTA) Competition, hosted November 16-21, out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Champion team members Wally Heinsen and Carolina Mederos each released four billfish, while another catch by third team member, Raúl Rizek,…
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Presidential Aruba Caribbean Cup
The sports fishing was slamming good at the Presidential Aruba Caribbean Cup, presented by the Aruba Airport Authority and hosted out of the Varadero Aruba Marina & Boatyard in Oranjestad. In fact, a first day Grand Slam – the catch of a blue marlin, white marlin and sailfish in one day, aided the team aboard…
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Captain Bouncer Makes Lifelong Smiles
South Florida is truly a world class fishing destination with a plethora of charter captains available who can get you hooked up with a wide variety of exciting fish. Any of these captains can create a memorable fishing excursion but only a very few can say they have been doing it successfully for almost 50…
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The Billfish Foundation Celebrates 30 Years
A group of concerned sports fishermen united three decades ago over an alarming revelation. While boats were bigger, technology better and tackle trailblazing in its design, they were catching fewer and fewer billfish. One among them, Winthrop ‘Win’ Rockefeller, had the name, resources and love of the sport to galvanize the group into action. In 1986,…
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Kayak Billfish Tournament
The thrill of hooking, fighting and landing a billfish is something that ranks high on any angler’s bucket list. Doing it from a kayak and winning cash while doing so is something worth bragging about. Anglers can do just that this January at the Sailfish Smack Down put on by Extreme Kayak Tournaments. So get…
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Saint Lucia International Billfish Tournament
Teamwork proved the ticket to success for Trinidad’s Jerome McQuilken, who with his team aboard the 50ft Viking, Vesper, won Best Boat with eight blue marlin releases at the 24th St. Lucia International Billfish Tournament. That’s not all! McQuilken caught seven of these blues to earn Top Angler. Plus, Vesper’s three times repeat win secured…
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Teen Anglers Win Inaugural Islamorada Winter Fishing Classic
The Islamorada Winter Classic kicked off on February 27th with a fabulous silent auction and hors d’oeuvres on the beach at the Lorelei Restaurant. 15 anglers would fish as teams for 9 species of fish on the ocean side of US 1. The Islamorada Fishing Classic Series utilizes a format of Guided and Non- Guided…
