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…
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,…
Junior anglers ruled at the 52nd Port Antonio International Marlin Tournament (PAIMT), fished October 17th to 24th, out of Jamaica’s Errol Flynn Marina. Two teenagers kicked off the action by being the first to release a blue marlin apiece. What’s more, one of them, Blake Nash, along with fellow adult angler Andrea Cowan, who released…
This month we publish our Sport Fishing Preview and list the tournaments taking place from May to the end of the year. Sport fishing fascinates me. How anglers catch fighting fish weighing hundreds of pounds on 30-pound test line, when I have had small dorados snap a trolling line made of strong cord, remains a…
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…
Has the advent of catch and release over two decades ago helped to shore up billfish stocks in the Caribbean?
Luck and talent has landed Mike Lemon coveted captain positions aboard some of the best sports fishing boats. As a result, it’s made for a career that’s defined by catches. In fact, you could say Lemon is one of the ‘catchingest’ captains in the Caribbean when it comes to blue marlin. “I’ve taken advantage of…