Eleven-year-old Thomas Green bested several dozen adult anglers to earn top honors in multiple categories of the Key West Fishing Tournament’s Kickoff 2016 that ended April 10 in the Florida Keys. The young angler, who lives in Bokeelia, Florida, scored the challenge’s heaviest kingfish at 22 pounds and the heaviest mackerel at 7.75 pounds. Both […]
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The 2015 Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament Sailfish Smack Down took place this past weekend in Pompano Beach, Florida, and once again the tournament proved to be one of the best events for saltwater kayak anglers. This was the second year that kayak anglers headed offshore for an all sailfish tournament–the only kayak billfish tournament there […]
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It’s that time of year. North Carolina offshore and inshore waters are abundant with fish and the fish are doing those things that make fishing North Carolina part of the lore and legend. Offshore, the Gulf Stream is serving up billfish. We’re hearing reports of steady catches of sailfish, white marlin, and blue marlin. The […]
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New Scientist Magazine has posted an incredible video clip showing how sailfish catch their prey along with a really interesting article about sailfish hunting strategies. As part of their weekly Zoologger column, which highlights information about different animals, the article about sailfish hunting examines research conducted by Paolo Domenici of the Institute for the Marine and Coastal Environment […]
Leg I of the first annual Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown was held January 22-25 on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast, and the three days of fishing turned out to be an epic, record setting event. Over the three days, 42 teams released on average more than 50 fish per team, including a combined total of […]
A few days ago Inventive Fishing shared a video from Crocodile Bay Resort on the Osa Penninsula in Costa Rica depicting a sailfish leaping into the transom of one of Crocodile Bay’s charter boats. Well, ABC’s Josh Elliot ran the clip on Good Morning America on Friday as the “Play of the Day,” but completely messed […]
Crocodile Bay Resort on the Osa Penninsula in Costa Rica has a reputation for getting fish to the boat, but a couple of days ago they posted the video embedded below to YouTube showing that sometimes the fish may come more willingly than expected. Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica promotes sustainable catch and release fishing […]
Last week we told you about Extreme Kayak Fishing dot com’s first sailfish smackdown tournament. Well, it looks like the tournament was a success, but it looks like a couple of bass fishermen from Oklahoma who had never fished in the ocean before took top honors. Oklahoman Chris Thomas caught and released the first sail to […]
The Extreme Team over at Extreme Kayak Fishing.com will be holding their first billfish tournament this weekend, January 25-26 in Pompano Beach, Florida. The Extreme Team, which holds other great kayak tournaments throughout the summer; this will be their first to target sails. The Captain’s meeting will be held at Bru’s Room Sports Grill in Pompano […]
Congratulations to the Miss Annie for her first place win of the West Palm Beach Fishing Club’s 77th Silver Sailfish Derby. The Silver Sailfish Derby was established by the West Palm Beach Fishing Club in January 1935; the event is the oldest running sailfish tournament in the world. Be sure to check out the complete West Palm […]
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NOAA Fisheries has released a report detailing data from the 3rd Quarter of the 2013 fishing year regarding recreational billfish landings. From the report: The table below provides preliminary landings in numbers of fish for Atlantic blue and white marlin,roundscale spearfish, and western Atlantic sailfish for the 2013 fishing year through September 30, 2013. Landings are compiled using self-reported […]
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In the previous post “One Week Until Reelax Simrad 2013 Light Tackle Game Fish Tournament,” we directed you to check out the Whitsunday Game Fish Club web page for information about the Reelax Simrad 2013 Light tackle Game Fish Tournament. But, now we feel obligated to say check out their home page for the video […]
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For those of us who have spent many years fishing the Outer Banks of North Carolina, this is the time of year we wait all year for: the time when the offshore bite is on fire and the water boils with big game fish. Charter captains at Pirates Cove in Manteo and the fleet at […]
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Rumors are coming in from Cape Cod that someone caught a sailfish in the Cape Cod Canal on Tuesday. The video embedded here was posted to YouTube today by “plugho” and seems to testify to the fact that a sail was taken in the Canal. Of course, the video does have the feel of a […]
Let’s face it, fishing South Florida is always great, but the word we are getting from Saltwater Nation anglers all over South Florida is that the bite is unbelievable right now. We’ve been hearing consistent reports of dolphin catches from from Stuart down through the Keys. Anglers are letting us know about schoolies and fish […]
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Thanks to Saltwater Nation citizen Christopher Keller for sending us this remarkable picture taken yesterday off of Mazatlan. Keller was one of four anglers trolling with Captain Lefty Poncho aboard the PescaPesca when this magnificent sail hit a trolled ballyhoo. When PescaPesca mate Juan Ton brought the fish to the boat, everyone on board was […]