The 41st annual White Marlin Open came to a close yesterday and Angler John Bayliss of Manteo, North Carolina, and the crew of the Dream Time took top honors with a 78-pound white marlin. Bayliss’ fish was the only white marlin of the tournament to meet the minimum weight requirement of 70 pounds. Bayliss’ prize: […]
Billfish, blue marlin, fish, Fishing, Tournament, white marlin, White Marlin Open
The 41st annual White Marlin Open returns to Ocean City, Maryland on August 4-8. Known as the world’s largest billfish tournament, the WMO has seen a decrease in numbers of boats registered in the last few years. The tournament registration peaked in 2006 with 449 boats competing, but only 262 competed last year. Tournament Director […]
Carlos Bentos, fish, Fishing, Tournament, tuna, white marlin, White Marlin Open
Once again, the crew over at Extreme Kayak Fishing proved why they are becoming not only the biggest offshore kayak tournament series, but the most respected. Last weekend, 33 anglers (along with 27 others) competing in the Extreme Kayak Fishing Battle in the Bahamas ferried from Port Everglades to Freeport Grand Bahama aboard the Balearia […]
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Anglers participating in the 15th Annual Offshore World Championship (OWC) in Quepos, Costa Rica, this past week set a new world record for most billfish released in a tournament. By the final weigh in, anglers had logged 2,735 billfish releases. Participating anglers boated 2,724 sailfish, seven blue marlin, one black marlin, and one striped marlin. […]
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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 […]
Billfish, blue marlin, fish, Fishing, NOAA, Roundscale Spearfish, Sailfish, white marlin
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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Congratulations to Captain Scott Rosenblum of the Chasin’ Tail (a 28′ Prokat) who was fishing this week with Captain Joe DelCampo aboard the Capt. Cheryl, a 57′ Custom Carolina, out of Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach when he brought to boat his first white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus). The fish nailed a naked ballyhoo trolled on […]
The 40th annual White Marlin Open will kick off in Ocean City on August 5 for the fortieth year. Recognized as one of the top billfish tournaments in the world, the Open will draw an estimated 300 boats and thousands of spectators, and will feature an estimated $2.4 million in prizes this year. Angler Vince […]
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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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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