The Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo kicked off today and will run through Saturday, July 28, 2013. The Rodeo is the oldest fishing tournament in the United States, having been first held in 1928, making this the 91st running of the tournament. The tournament is run out of the Sand Dollar Marina off Louisiana Highway One. While tarpon […]
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Donnell Tate of the Lahaina News in Lahaina Maui, Hawaii has posted a great story about about 14-year-old Hunter Smith landing a 421.5 blue marlin. The fish is the second largest taken this year by the Lahaina fleet. Smith was fishing with his dad Allen Smith and Captains Dan Shaffer and Rich Lynn aboard the […]
Gary Kirk, a 49-year-old brick layer from Gorleston in the U.K. was on holiday in Madeira recently when he hooked and landed a massive 800-pound blue marlin. Fishing out of Calheta Harbour on the South West coast of the Portuguese archipelago, Kirk fought the fish for just over an an hour and a half before […]
Tropical Storm Andrea delayed the start of the 2013 Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic and the lingering effects of the tournament made fishing tough. But, 52 boats still managed to participate in the tournament despite less-than-optimal conditions. Corbin Bass of Port Mansfield, Texas claimed the top prize with a 439 pound blue marlin. Bass was […]
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Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc (ROFFS) has posted a discussion and two videos depicting infrared satellite images from May 6- may 7, 2013 of the Bahamas. The videos show warm water being pulled northeastward away from Cat Island and some being pulled westward toward the Great Abaco Canyon. This warmer water brings blue marlin […]
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Ed Dwyer’s 2013 Otherside Invitational will be held next week April 26-28. Boats from Port Canaveral will have from 6:00am (lines in) to 9:00 pm (lines out) to find their fish and return to dock. Anglers will be targeting Yellowfin tuna, dolphin, wahoo, skip jack tuna, and four categories of billfish: blue marlin, white marlin, […]
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