Captain Geoff Lamond from New Zealand Game Fishing sent this months report.

A little over a month ago now I was really looking forward to writing our March edition of the New Zealand Game Fishing Newsletter. We had some pretty big expectations for what lay ahead with some exciting trips planned. As a whole March hasn’t worked out as well as hoped solely due to the unseasonal and persistently strong winds from the Easterly quarter.

By all accounts the fishing itself has been pretty good as long as we were able to get a fair crack at it, but with several 35 knot Easterly forecasts (and sometimes 50 knots!!) getting to the targeted Three Kings Islands has been a little tricky to say the least. Adding to the frustration, any little weather window has usually coincided with our changeover day.

During the early stages of March, to negate the strong Easterlies we headed down the West coast for two trips with reasonable reward. The marlin fishing was a little hit and miss with multiple bites some days followed by pretty quiet days the next, while still fishing exactly the same areas and conditions. Justin Stokes managed his first billfish on one of the trips pitch baiting a small Stripe on spinning reel in choppy conditions.

Jigging for Kings on the Ahipara Banks was generally more than productive with numerous mid range kings to keep everyone occupied late in the day. We even managed to switch a 30kg model for Justin Stokes trolling marlin teasers out off the top end of the bank one morning; once again on spinning gear it ended up being quite a tough 15 minute battle.

As always a visit to the West Coast means a Snapper session the fabled Cape Maria Van Dieman on the way home. During the past month we had a couple of short 2 hour sessions while the current and wind were favourable with reasonable results. No real monster fish to speak of but plenty mid range good eating size for guests to take home.

It wasn’t until late March that we finally managed to get through to the Kings with the second of our NZ Fishing News “Marlin University” trips... finally a weather window coincided with the middle stages of a trip rather than changeover time!

During two a bit days on both the Middlesex and King Banks we managed several stripes and the highlight of past month a 132.8kg Bigeye Tuna for well known NZ Fishing News editor Grant Dixon. None of us on board knew what we were dealing with during the tough 2 hour 45 minute fight, so it was a nice surprise when the big fat tuna popped up next to the boat. In everyone’s surprise, I managed to clip its shoulder with the wheels. Certainly not a big wound by any means but enough for us to deem the capture disqualified. Still a hell of a capture on 50lb stand up and with it being switched of the teasers making it even a little more special... Great job Grant and who said switching tuna can’t be done?

During the trip, we managed a few firsts with Richard Taylor and Garry Bowden both nailing their first billfish with Richard landing two. Christchurch guest Peter Van Eekelen also caught two stripes with one being a first for him on spinning gear.

Jigging for Kings on the Middlesex Bank is currently as good as ever with several released fish up to and over the 30kg mark.

During the last morning we were on the King Bank, in extremely rough conditions we managed two stripes from three bites in just over an hour’s fishing. We certainly would have loved to have stayed and made the most of the exceptional fishing, but with the rough seas and a rather large Bigeye Tuna that needed to be weighed and processed we sadly left it all behind. So with high hopes of getting back up the Kings on the following trip, yet again a 40-50 knot Easterly forecast put pay to any well laid plans.

We generally didn’t get any further than Spirits and Tom Bowling Bay at the top end of New Zealand on our last trip and even spent an afternoon at anchor playing cards watching torrential horizontal rain blast past the cabin window... nice stuff!

All in all, the guys from Taranaki were in pretty high spirits during the trip and managed some nice catches despite the weather. Amongst other bits a pieces Manu Hay-Vega, Justin Ormsby and Jason Perrett all managed snapper over 15lb while Justin managed a fish well over the 20lb mark during the last day of the trip. To the guys credit all the bigger fish were released to fight another day.  Not particularly what we want to be doing at this time of year but you take what you can get with the weather being the way it is.

As mentioned, the fishing at the Three Kings is probably as good as it has been over the past couple of seasons and as long as the weather allows we’re hoping for some productive trips over the coming month or so. I’ll be taking a short break after the next trip and handing over Arenui’s reins to the more than capable Chris Ash and my two excellent crewmen Shaun Thomsen and James Brown. We’re expecting the birth of our second child so look forward bringing you updates of good fishing and healthy babies.

Thank you to Captain Geoff Lamond from New Zealand Game Fishing

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Cape Verde has started to produce with Captain Marty Bates at the helm of La Onda Emma going 5 from 6 on Blue Marlin today releasing 4 from 5 on lures and 1 from 1 on the pitch bait, Biggest was a 500 pounder caught on a Legend Lures Basilisk. The two days before Marty has had Paolo Caprioglio and Mattia Mariotto on board going 3 from 3 releasing a 400, 600 and 650 pound Blue Marlin, Mattia has recorded a lot of Go Pro footage so we hope to see some soon. Monday Marty released 5 Blue Marlin, 4 from 7 on lures and 1 from 2 on the switch and raised another 3.

Captain Marty Bates has some dates available still from the 9^th till the 15^th of April contact us here at Game Fishing Hub and we will get you in touch with Marty.

Captain Matthias Henningsen from Matthias Atlantic Fishing Charters on board the Smoker has been getting into the Blue Marlin as well on Saturday Matthias had to have his charter back at the dock at 1pm they went 4 from 4 with 3 Blue Marlin caught on lures and 1 caught on the pitch bait. On Sunday Matthias went 2 from 2 and on Monday going 6 from 10.

Photo of Captain Marty Bates first Blue Marlin for the season 800 pounder caught on a Aloha Lures Beauty with a single 10/0 Hayes hook. You dont need big hooks to catch big fish.

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The fishing in Kona is starting to fire with some nice sized Blue Marlin being caught over the last week. Thank you to the Charter Desk at Honokohau Marina for suppling the report.

MARCH 15. LEGEND 2 (176.5lb) Big Eye Tuna KEIKI AUANA (95lb) Blue Marlin KEIKI AUANA (22/17lb) Wahoo MARLIN MAGIC II (15lb) Mahi Mahi MAKANA LANI (T&R 400lb) Blue Marlin HOOKED UP (55lb) Big Eye	MARCH 16. SEA WIFE II (9lb) Aku MISS MOJO (137.5lb) Yellow Fin Tuna SILKY (25lb) Mahi Mahi HOOKED UP (T&R 600lb) Tiger Shark HIGH NOON (40lb) Spearfish HIGH NOON (30lb) Spearfish HIGH NOON (10/15lb) Mahi Mahi MARLIN MAGIC II (25lb) Spearfish MARLIN MAGIC II (10lb) Mahi Mahi
MARCH 17. GO GET UM (99lb) Striped Marlin ROD BENDER (379lb) Blue Marlin HOOKED UP (18lb) Mahi Mahi MAKANA LANI (47.5lb) Wahoo FIVE STAR (450lb) Blue Marlin EL JOBEAN (215lb) Yellow Fin Tuna EL JOBEAN (79lb) Yellow Fin Tuna EL JOBEAN (24lb) Mahi Mahi EL JOBEAN (20lb) Ono	MARCH 18. WAI `O KEOLA (612.5lb) Blue Marlin NASTY HABIT (T&R 350lb) Blue Marlin TERESA (25lb) Mahi Mahi LAST CHANCE (596lb) Blue Marlin MAKANA LANI (T&R 35lb) Spearfish HOKU LOA (22lb) Mahi Mahi HOOKED UP (T&R 18lb) Spearfish HOOKED UP (3PCS <10-15lb) Mahi Mahi
MARCH 20. MISS RUBY (461lb) Blue Marlin MONKEY BIZ II (25lb) Spearfish IHU NUI (T&R 350lb) Blue Marlin MARLIN MAGIC (T&R 650lb) Blue Marlin FIVE STAR (TR 110lb) Blue Marlin FIVE STAR (TR 125lb) Blue Marlin	MARCH 21. SEA GENIE II (T&R 225lb) Blue Marlin MISS MOJO (25lb) Mahi Mahi INTEGRITY (100lb) Striped Marlin MARLIN MAGIC II (T&R 130lb) Blue Marlin LAST CHANCE (T&R 200lb) Blue Marlin LAST CHANCE (T&R 500lb) Blue Marlin MONKEY BIZ II (T&R 500lb) Blue Marlin MISS RUBY (37lb) Mahi Mahi NIGHT RUNNER (12pcs <10-2lb) Mahi Mahi
	MARCH 22. INTEGRITY (100lb) Striped Marlin SEA GENIE II (T&R 225lb) Blue Marlin MARLIN MAGIC II (T&R 130lb) Blue Marlin LAST CHANCE (T&R 200lb) Blue Marlin LAST CHANCE (T&R 500lb) Blue Marlin MONKEY BIZ II (T&R 500lb) Blue Marlin MISS MOJO (25lb) Mahi Mahi MISS RUBY (37lb) Mahi Mahi NIGHT RUNNER (12pcs. <10-15lb) Mahi Mahi

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This report was sent by Stuart from Grenada Fishing.

Well, here we are again. The season so far has been erratic with the fishing and variable with the weather and we are still out there. Someone has to do it in blue waters, blue skies and temperatures in the 90's.

There are some nice fish pictures as usual and a surprise one at the end. The fish include a good BLUE MARLIN, a huge DORADO and just now a very big Wahoo. Let them keep coming.

Billy, a Chicago fireman, gave us a full-volume commentary as he fought his sailfish and would no doubt be heard the same when at his work. A very positive fellow who virtually called that fish in to the baits.

One of our many regulars, in fact he claims to be very regular, Jerry The Lobster man (he cooks them beautifully) posed with a big red buoy we fished out of the ocean. We planned to present it to him as the ocean equivalent of the wooden spoon but then he went and caught a 250lb BLUE MARLIN. Well done him.

That surprise picture? You don't often see your captain in front of the camera, no comments please, but here he is on one of the Grenada Billfish Tournament early-morning starts looking like he's driving the boat under auto-pilot. I'd like to deny that of course.

On that subject, give a few thoughts to our next Billfish Tournament which will fish mid-January 2013. Your booking on the boat will be most welcome.

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Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Captain Fin Giddy on board Qualifier Charters has fished the last two days releasing 14 Sailfish one day and 17 today.

Guatemala.
Captain Brad Philipps from Guatemalan Billfishing Adventures on board Decisive has just completed 13 days of fishing with his last day releasing 39 from 56 with a total of 279 Sailfish for the trip.

Surfside Beach, Texas
Captain Jeffrey Wilson on board the Booby Trap is back into it again going 1 from 2 on Swordfish on a day trip.

Ascension Island
Captain Olaf Grimkowski on board Harmattan released 150 pound Blue Marlin out of a double header and raised a 500 pounder that didnt eat and the following day releasing 2 Sailfish and a 600 pound Blue Marlin.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Wilcatter has been catching some good numbers of sailfish going 6 from 9 one day and 7 from 10 another day.

Port Villa, Vanuatu
Michelle from Crusoe Fishing Adventures reports Nevagivup was out on a half day charter yesterday and Captain Andy landed Ben from Batemans Bay his first Yellowfin Tuna.

Yellow Fin Tuna on board Nevagivup.

Kona, Hawaii

MARCH 7. IKAIKA KAI (468.5Lb) Blue Marlin MAKANA LANI (15Lb) Mahi Mahi TROPICAL SUN (4pcs. 30Lb) Mahi Mahi SUNDOWNER (44.5Lb) Spearfish	MARCH 6. LEHUANANI (373Lb) Thresher Shark SEA WIFE II (25Lb) Spearfish  PACIFIC BLUE (3pcs. 20-25Lb) Wahoo MAKANA LANI (34Lb) Wahoo MAKANA LANI (36Lb) Spearfish HOOKED UP (168Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna HOOKED UP (T&R 60Lb) Blue Marlin HOOKED UP (T&R 20Lb) Striped Marlin SUNDOWNER (25Lb) Mahi Mahi
MARCH 5. KONA SEAFARI (71Lb) Striped Marlin KONA SEAFARI (20/15Lb) Mahi Mahi FIRE HATT (T&R 80Lb) Striped Marlin MAKANA LANI (T&R 30Lb) Spearfish LEPIKA (T&R 40Lb) Striped Marlin HOT ROD (50Lb) Striped Marlin	MARCH 3. JEANETTE M (223Lb) Big Eye Tuna TOPSHAPE (T&R 200Lb) Blue Marlin MAKANA LANI (3pcs. 10-25Lb) Mahi Mahi NAINOA (43Lb) Spearfish NAINOA (31Lb) Spearfish ANXIOUS (T&R 40Lb) Spearfish BWANA (T&R 35Lb) Spearfish

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Captain Geoff Lamond on board Arenui from New Zealand Game Fishing sent me this report to share.

By all accounts February has been a pretty good month within New Zealand game fishing circles with several mind blowing captures around the country. The fishing has not been the only thing of steady improvement during February, the weather also was more than acceptable with long periods of variable winds, which were a stark improvement from the blustery conditions we encountered during January.

We’ve had ‘Arenui’ located in Whangaroa Marina since early Feb and we’ve focused just about all our energies fishing the Three Kings Islands with some good results overall. Probably our highlight of the past month has been releasing an estimated 800lb Blue Marlin for American angler Neil Peterson on just 50lb stand-up tackle. The fish would have well and truly given the New Zealand record a good nudge, but to Neil’s credit he had decided quite early in the fight that he preferred to let it go to fight another day. With the fish doing head high jumps on the leader after 4 hours there certainly wasn’t an issue regarding its health upon letting her go... all good fun and a great fish.

The NZ ‘Nationals’ were a little mixed for us, we certainly had more than our fair share of shots during the weeklong tournament but generally failed to capitalize.  We jumped off more than I can remember including a mid range Black Marlin that added salt to the wound and we had more Stripes do figure “8’s” around our live baits and buggar off than ever before. A little frustrating to say the least but I guess everyone has those weeks from time to time.

It seemed that the King Bank and Ahipara/Hokianga were the places to be with vessels ‘Headquarters’, ‘Moet’, ‘Saltshaker’ and ‘Reel Passion’ amongst the high scoring teams. The lads on Saltshaker had a day to remember nailing a rare Grand Slam in NZ waters, catching a Sword, Stripe and Black marlin in a 24-hour period. Not to finish there, they also landed a nice size Yellow fin late in the day to finish off.

Without doubt the two most notable captures during the past month were the two ‘lifetime’ fish from private boat ‘Western Break’. Just prior to the National’s the guys landed a 334kg Northern Pacific Bluefin Tuna while fishing on the shallow patch near Cape Karikari. Apparently the guy’s were live baiting skipjacks in an attempt to catch a Black Marlin and had the behemoth tuna climb on. Not stopping there, a couple of days later they were trolling lures on the west coast and nailed a 358kg Black Marlin... go figure! An unbelievably awesome effort all round. I think if that were me I’d sell the boat and all the tackle, buy myself a good recliner sit at home and just give myself high-fives for a year or two.

During our last trip we had husband and wife team, Tim and Leanne Tasman-Jones on board for their annual fly and light tackle fishing excursion. Tim managed to hook a 500lb Blue Marlin on 10kg fly tippet for a short while, while Leanne caught an 81.4kg Stripe on 8kg conventional tackle. Certainly not a huge fish by any means, but being a 10:1 capture and a Tutukaka club ladies record it was a more than notable capture. Leanne’s fish was actually tail wrapped and proved to be one of the harder fish we’ve ever caught on lighter tackle and was finally subdued after a tough 2 hour battle... great effort Leanne and look forward to upping the stakes next year!

As mentioned the King Bank has proven to be the most consistent spot for us so far, with further patches of fish showing up of Wekaroa, Cape Karikari and North Cape on a less consistent basis. We have some busy times ahead with back-to-back bookings through the remainder March and through to mid April, so we certainly look forward to bringing you good news in our next report.

Since our last report we’ve had a cancellation in mid/late April that we’d dearly love to fill, the dates coincide with the new moon in April so should fish really well. If anyone’s interested please don’t hesitate to drop us a line and bear in mind that we have the ability to place individuals if need be.

Good luck out there...until next time!

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Guatemala.
Captain Brad Philipps from Guatemalan Billfishing Adventures on board Decisive has released 87 sailfish and some big Mahi Mahi up to 40 pounds for Jim and Lyn Owens of Alabama in the past three days of fishing. On Sunday  they released 39 sailfish from 46 bites with young Darren Philipps (aged 3) releasing his first of two sailfish. A great effort for such a young fella and im sure we will all be seeing more of young Darren in more years to come.

Brad and Darren Philipps with one of Darrens first Sailfish on board Decisive.

Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Captain Howard Lynch on board The Tuna Bite has been having some great fishing with one of his trips being an over nighter and going 6 from 11 on Blue Marlin and 15 from 27 on Sailfish. Howard has a few days off and is heading out to the seamount for some great Blue Marlin fishing. As soon as we hear any word we will post some resuts .Best of luck Howard.

Captain Alex Holden on board Miss Behavin went 12 from 14 on Sailfish and Jason Coffrin from MrTrigger Sport Fishing has some great days going 6 from 6 on Sailfish one day and a 5 from 5 another day.

Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Captain Fin Giddy on board Qualifier Charters has been having some great fishing for Sailfish releasing 59 in the last four days of fishing. Below is some footage of them swimming with some Sailfish in Isla Mujeres.

Kona, Hawaii

FEBRUARY 23. SEA WIFE II (70 Lb) Blue Marlin SEA WIFE II (6 Lb) Mahi Mahi NAINOA (30 Lb) Wahoo NAINOA (30 Lb) Spearfish NIGHT RUNNER (T&R) 500 Lb Blue Marlin IHU NUI (15 Lb) Mahi Mahi LEPIKA (T&R) 100 Lb Blue Marlin	FEBRUARY 25. NAINOA (T&R) 80 Lb Blue Marlin ANXIOUS (T&R) 100 Lb Striped Marlin MAKANA LANI (T&R) 40Lb Striped Marlin SUNDOWNER (25 Pound) Otaru ILLUSIONS (T&R) 350 Lb Pound Blue Marlin HOOKED UP (130 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna HOOKED UP (125 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna BWANA (115/115 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna
FEBRUARY 26. THE RAPTOR (154 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna THE RAPTOR (13 Lb) Spearfish KAYAK (52 Lb) Sailfish KAYAK (17 Lb) Kawa kawa KAYAK (56.5 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna GO GET UM (118.5 Lb) Big Eye Tuna MOANA C (116.5/112 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna TNT (135.121 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna	FEBRUARY 27. ANXIOUS (T&R) 35 Lb Striped Marlin ANXIOUS (25 Lb) Mahi Mahi KONA SEAFARI (25 Lb) Spearfish SEA WIFE II (25.5 Lb) Spearfish NORTHERN LIGHTS (338.5Lb) Blue Marlin NORTHERN LIGHTS (101Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna KALI (257/70 Lb) Blue Marlin KALI (40 Lb) Spearfish MONKEY BIZ II (132 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna MONKEY BIZ II (24 Lb) Mahi Mahi HOOKED UP (T&R 425 Lb) Blue Marlin HOOKED UP (50 Lb) Striped Marlin
FEBRUARY 28. JR'S HOOKER (T&R) 115 Lb Blue Marlin LEPIKA (T&R) 100 Lb Blue Marlin LEPIKA (150 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna BENDA (214.5 Lb) Yellow Fin Tuna

Update: Captain Dale Leverone on board the Sea Strike weighed a 876 pound Blue Marlin.

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The following report was sent through by Geoff from New Zealand Game Fishing.

The 2012 game fishing season has taken a little bit of persuasion to kick into gear with a more sedate beginning than we’re probably use to. There has certainly been some good fishing to be had off the usual ‘early season ports’ of Whitianga and Tutukaka, but these good days have been offset by a mix of bad weather, complete changes in current and the presence of the commercial seining fleet.

We witnessed the effects of seiners first hand fishing behind the Poor Knights Islands just last week. Fishing was pretty good with big schools of Saury, Skipjacks and I even spotted a handful Yellow Fin Tuna busting the surface from Arenui’s tower. Many boats saw action from billfish throughout the day including a hand full of doubles amongst the fleet, unfortunately the recreational fleet weren’t the only ones making the most of the good conditions as we all had to weave our way around a couple of seiners operating with the aid of spotter planes. The following day the landscape had changed substantially... No bait, no birds, no dolphins despite current, water clarity and temperature breaks all remaining the same. We still managed a Striped Marlin that day for first time angler Mike Saunders but it really was needle in a haystack stuff.  With reports of seiners currently operating from Cape Brett to Mayor Island it certainly reopens concerns on where exactly our open ocean fishery is heading.

We only need to view this well documented clip http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/tunavideo to get an appreciation on the extent of damage that’s occurring.

Anyway that’s enough of a whinge and back onto more positive things. Without doubt the highlight so far of the New Zealand game fishing season has been the 375kg Black Marlin caught at Mayor Is in early January from the boat Jan’s Decision. In rough conditions the guys managed a fish of a lifetime in New Zealand waters and surely an experience that they’ll never forget. Blue Marlin have been generally few and far between with only a handful caught so far along New Zealand’s east coast. The most notable Blue Marlin capture so far has been the 260kg disqualified capture by a father and son team during the Bay of Islands Swordfish Club Junior Tournament. Being only early February I’m more than sure we have some good fishing ahead of us for these great fish.

As usual we’ve based ourselves in Tutukaka for the early season bite, we’ve generally managed between 1-3 bites a day with switching still our technique of choice. With the added mix of jigging on North Reef and the odd Shortbill Spearfish, we’ve found more than enough to keep us occupied. From early February, Arenui will be relocated to Whangaroa Marina and we’ll be situated there through to June during our busy charter schedule.

Arenui is probably in as good nick as it’s ever been since we’ve owned her, so we’re certainly looking forward to having everyone on board and getting stuck in as the season progresses. James Brown and Shaun Thomsen are back on board with us this season so I’m sure all returning guests will be happy about that to. Contact Geoff here to plan your next trip on board Arenui.

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Steve Torres took the Ana Maria offshore for a overnight charter from Jan-31 to Feb-1, what a trip as soon as they hit the fishing grounds and put the kites out 2 big tuna's jumped out of the water. 5 minutes later Freddy hooked a 200 pound + Yellow Fin Tuna on a 20 reel Mark Started reeling her in and after a couple laps around the boat Freddy Gaffed the cow and pulled her aboard the Ana Maria. While Mark was fighting the big Tuna the boat had drifted close to the island so Captain Steve decided to troll back to where we had started and on the way a nice Striped Marlin hit a Lure, Mark Reeled the Striped Marlin in fast and Jaun pulled her up for a quick photo and released her.

After the Marlin they started drifting again for Tuna and Captain Steve Hooked one more Tuna that was about 80 to 100 pounds and that was it for day 1. At night they stayed up and caught a whole bunch of squid to use for bait, the next day the crew nailed another 4  more Tuna all about 70 to 100 pound range and released a small Mako Shark very rare catch in PV. Great 2 day's of fishing total count 6 Yellow Fin tuna's 1 Striped Marlin and 1 small Mako Shark. Thank you to Steve Torres from Ana Maria Sport Fishing Charters for the report to share with all our followers.

One of the Yellow Fin Tuna caught on board the Ana Maria.

Striped Marlin caught on board Ana Maria.

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Quepos, Costa Rica
Jan 21.
Frenzy II from Frenzy Sportfishing released 5 Sail Fish and 1 big Striped Marlin for the days fishing.

Jan 24.
Captain Rafa released 10 Sail Fish on board the Frenzy II and on board Frenzy I they released 4 Sail Fish.

Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Jan 22.
Captain Alex Holden on board Miss Behavin went 6 from 9 on Sail Fish for the day and Captain Billy Chase on the Sea Angel released a Blue Marlin and went 2 from 3 on Sail Fish.

Jan 23.
Captain Howard Lynch on the Tuna Bite continues the great fishing going 2 from 2 on Blue Marlin, releasing a 200 & 350 pounder. They also went 9 from 11 on Sail Fish.

Jan 24.
Captain Howard Lynch on the Tuna Bite went 4 from 4 on Striped Marlin.

Jan 25.
Captain Howard Lynch got into it again missing a Striped Marlin and going 5 from 9 on Sail Fish.

Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Qualifier Charters has been fishing the last few days releasing 63 Sail Fish. 

Cabo, Mexico
Jan 23.
Captain Steve Lassley on Bad Company went 5 from 7 on Striped Marlin and released 1 Sail Fish.

Ascension Island
Jan 22.
Captain Olaf Grimkowski released a 450 pound Blue Marlin and raised another that didn't eat.

Jan 24.
Olaf Grimkowski released a 700 pound Blue Marlin and in the afternoon saw an absolute monster tailing on the surface but could not get the big girl to eat.

Canavieiras, Brazil
Jan 22.
Captain Antonio Amaral on the Wahoo went 1 from 1 releasing a 500 pound Blue Marlin, Captain Ary on the Full Time went 1 from 2 releasing a 600 pound Blue Marlin and Captain Lucas Abud on the Marina X went 2 from 4 releasing a 300 and 400 pound Blue Marlin.

Jan 23.
Captain Antonio Amaral on board the Wahoo went 1 from 1 on Blue Marlin, releasing a 500 pounder at Royal Charlotte Bank.

Jan 24.
Royal Charlotte bank - Captain Cuca on board the Coyote released 3 from 4 on Blue Marlin, a 300, 350 and a 600 pounder.

Photo taken by Antonio Amaral on board the Wahoo.

Kona, Hawaii
Jan 20.
Captain Chip Van Mols fished the day in great water catching a Spearfish a Striped Marlin and a Wahoo.

Port Vila, Vanuatu
These are a few of the nice Yellowfin below that Crusoe Fishing Adventures have been encountering over the last week.

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Guatemala
Jan 15.
Captain Brad Philipps on board Decisive from Guatemalan Billfishing Adventures went 10 from 15  on Sailfish and caught 8 Yellow Fin Tuna.

Jan 16.
Captain Brad Philipps on board Decisive ended the day going 37 from 54 on Sailfish.

Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Jan 17.
Qualifier fished today for the first time in 3 days as weather was bad over the weekend. They ended up with 21 Sailfish for the day.

Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Jan 16.
Captain Howard Lynch on the Tuna Bite released a 250 pound Blue Marlin and went 4 from 9 on Sailfish. Prime Time released a Blue Marlin and 10 Sailfish and High Hook caught a double header on Blue Marlin and also a few Sailfish.

Jan 17.
Back on the Tuna Bite, Captain Howard Lynch went 6 from 11 on Sailfish and boated a Tuna.

Canavieiras, Brazil
Jan 14.
Captain Antonio Amaral released 1 from 3 Blue Marlin releasing a 250 pounder.

Jan 15.
Great day on Royal Charlotte Bank. Captain Antonio Amaral on the Wahoo released 4 from 7 Blue Marlin 250, 500, 700 and a estimated 1000 plus pounder. Captain Cuca on the Coyote Released 1 from 1 blue marlin at 400lbs

Photo by Antonio Amaral.

Blue Marlin bite on board the Wahoo.

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Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Jan 8.
Captain Jeff Smith on the Escapade from Escapade Sportfishing fished for 3 hours, going 27 from 40 bites on Sailfish.
Jan 9.
Captain Jeff Smith on the Escapade released 21 Sailfish going 21 from 32 and Qualifier Charters released 18 and were back in for lunch.
Jan 10.
Qualifier Charters had the guys from the Billfish Foundation on board today releasing 48 Sailfish, all on the troll. They fished another half day releasing 25 from 45 bites on Sailfish.

Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Jan 8.
Miss Behavin went 6 from 6 on Sailfish and boated a nice Wahoo.
Jan 9.
Miss Behavin fished a half day charter to go 1 from 2 on Sailfish and raised a Marlin.

Kona, Hawaii
Jan 8.
Kona has weighed the first Grander for the 2012 season on board the Kona Concept. Congratulations to angler Paul Morris and Captain Steve Tarbill. The Blue Malin weighed in at 1040.5 pounds.

Photo from Granderwatch.

Port Vila, Vanuatu
Jan 8.
Crusoe Fishing Adventures reported having 3 boats out on half day charters, Reel Capture tagged and released a Blue Marlin and Horizon had raised 2 Blue Marlin.
Jan 11.
Michelle reports they had all three boats out, Horizon tagging 1 Blue Marlin and jumped another one off. Nevagivup tagged 1 Blue Marlin from 3 bites and Reel Capture jumped two Blue Marlin off also. The Blue Marlin fishing in Vanuatu is going off.

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The current continue to bring usually cold water for the month of November. Salinas, Manta and Galapagos Islands are all experiencing water temperatures 71 to 73 F (22C) on average.

Salinas.
Nov 20.
The striped marlin bite has been picking up a bit more in the last 2 weeks. Don Chuma fished Nov 20th and reported raising 3 striped marlin and releasing 1 on a circle hook. The water temperature was reported around 72.

Nov 26.
Angler Jorge Jurado caught a 1,102 pound Blue Marlin onboard the Amalita. Artesanal skiffs reports catching granders comercially on a regular basis each year. Large Blues and Blacks are know to migrate through the coastal waters of Ecuador to spawn in Northern Peru.

Manta.
The last 2 weeks have been pretty decent with most boat averaging 2 to 5 marlin between Blues and Stripes. Water has held around 73 F and many of the Salinas anglers have headed to fish the area aroun Isla de la Plata.

San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands.
The water has not warmed up yet and most areas and banks are reporting 71 F average on the monitors. The Big Fish and Patricia have fished several time in the last 2 weeks. The Patricia fishing out of Santa Cruz reported raising a few striped marlin on 0-30 Bank On Nov 20 and 21. Captain Yury Gutierrez raised 4 stripeys on Nov 20 and released 2 and raised 2 and released 1 on Nov 21. They fished with a walk on charter.

The Big Fish tried its luck on Rosa Blanca Nov 22, They did not raise any marlin but found a nice bunch of big eye tunas that kept them entertained. Captain Fernando Yepez reported cold water 70 to 71 but very nice color and not much bait on Rosa Blanca Bank. The next run was Northeast to Black Sheep Bank on Nov 24. Captain Yepez reported slightly warmer water with 72 to 73 F on the Bank. The 70 mile run paid off as there was better marlin action. He reported raising 10 striped marlin and releasing 6 out of 7 bites on the circle hooks. Late in the day the hooked a big eye tuna estimated over 200 lb. 40 minutes later they would loose the tuna to sharks 20 feet from the boat!

Visit ecuagringo for customized adventures just the way you want them. Not only do they provide you possibly the best marlin fishing the World has to offer but we also have fantastic family and couple trips. Braden has hunted and fished all over South America. This has lead Braden to meet some of the best guides and outfitters in Peru and Argentina. So if you are looking for wingshooting, big game hunting and fishing or just want to take a family trip to ride horses you have come to the right place.

Port Villa, Vanuatu
Nov 19.
NEVAGIVUP from Crusoe Fishing Adventures was on a full day charter and came across some schools of yellow fin tuna and released a 300 pound blue marlin.
Nov 23.
NEVAGIVUP and REEL CAPTURE were out on full day charters with NEVAGIVUP releasing a small blue marlin and REEL CAPTURE raising 3 blue marlin.

Mag Bay, Mexico
Captain Jesse Henry on board the DOG HOUSE has released 87 Striped Marlin in three days of fishing with the best day going   33 Striped Marlin and 1 Sailfish.

Photo by Jesse Henry.

Quepos, Costa Rica
Nov 19.
FRENZY II from Frenzy Sportfish released two sailfish and a nice blue marlin.

Riviera Beach, Florida
Nov 18 - 20.
Palm Beach Sailfish Classic Tournament results

Top Boat: Boneshaker - 4200points

2nd Place Boat: Big Oh - 3000 points

3rd Place Boat: Emotional Rescue - 2400 points

Top Angler: Van Wichers
Top Jr Angler: Taylor McCart
Top Lady Angler: Susan McCart

Heaviest Dolphin: Stan Tobin on Big Oh
Heaviest Wahoo: John Samuels on Princess Lily

There were 89 Fish caught in two days.

Kona, Hawaii

NOVEMBER 16. BLOOD VESSEL (227)lb Blue Marlin SEA DANCER (232.5)lb Blue Marlin DUCK SOUP (150)lb Blue Marlin VIXEN (T&R) 150lb Blue Marlin GOLDEN DRAGON (30/36)lb Mahi Mahi GOLDEN DRAGON (27)lb Wahoo LINDA SUE III (31)lb Mahi Mahi	NOVEMBER 17. LEPIKA (171.5)lb Blue Marlin ILLUSIONS (73)lb Striped Marlin	NOVEMBER 18. LEPIKA (130.5)lb Yellow Fin Tuna VIXEN (32.5)lb Mahi Mahi VIXEN (139.5)lb Yellow Fin Tuna BITE ME 1 (47.5)lb Mahi Mahi
NOVEMBER 19. SUNBIRD (23.5)lb Mahi Mahi SEA WIFE II (25.5)lb Mahi Mahi MAKANA LANI (37)lb Mahi Mahi TOPSHAPE (T&R) 175lb Blue Marlin TOPSHAPE (20)lb Mahi Mahi ANXIOUS (T&R) 40lb Spearfish NEW HORIZON (75)lb Striped Marlin		NOVEMBER 20. THE RAPTOR (T&R) 350lb Blue Marlin NORTHERN LIGHTS (T&R) 800lb Blue Marlin

North Lake, Prince Edward Island.
Some video and pictures from team RjR at the Canada International Tuna Cup Challenge in North Lake, Prince Edward Island.

"Prince Edward Island Giants" - Teaser And action packed video of giant bluefin tuna fishing in Prince Edward Island, Canada. DVDs AVAILABLE MID-DECEMBER 2011! and will be sold through www.oldharboroutfitters.com

"Prince Edward Island Giants" - Teaser from Taylor Sears on Vimeo.

Surfside Beach, Texas
Captain Jeffrey Wilson on board the BOOBY TRAP got back in from thier lattest 4 day trip going 6 from 8 on Swordfish. The second fish caught made 100 Billfish for the season, they worked real hard to reach this goal and it couldn't have been done without a total team effort. Well done to all on board the BOOBY TRAP a great job well done.

The BOOBY TRAP with number 100 for the season 2011.

Horta, Azores
Sep 19.
BRASILIA released a solid 700 pound Blue Marlin.
Sep 21.
XACARA went 2 from 2 on Blue Marlin biggest being 600 pounds and BRASILIA went 1 from 2 releasing a 650 pound Blue Marlin.
Sep 22.
BRASILIA released a 500 and 750 pound Blue Marlin and XACARA had two bites but pulled the hooks. 

Morehead City, North Carolina
Sep 22.
SENSATION Sportfishing had a great day catching 8 Wahoo, 3 Mahi Mahi, 3 Tuna, 1 Spearfish and 1 Sailfish.

Manteo, North Carolina
Sep 15.
QUALIFIER Charters ended the day with 5 White Marlin released.

Kona, Hawaii

SEPTEMBER 15. RAZEE (661) lb Blue Marlin INI (62.5) lbSailfish BILLFISHER II (354.5) lb Blue Marlin BILLFISHER II (13.5) lb Wahoo MAKANA LANI (T&R) 175 lb Blue Marlin SUNDOWNER (175) lb Blue Marlin SEA GENIE II (T&R) 400 lb Blue Marlin GOLDEN DRAGON (T&R) 275 lb Blue Marlin	SEPTEMBER 16. NAINOA (310) lb Blue Marlin SUNDOWNER (185.5) lb Blue Marlin MAKANA LANI (T&R) 225 lb Blue Marlin MARLIN MAGIC II (20) lb Wahoo HOOKED UP (20) lb Mahi Mahi
SEPTEMBER 17. HOKULIA (29) lb Wahoo LEHUANANI (123) lb Blue Marlin KRISTA O (147.5) lb Blue Marlin AIMEE LU (15) lb Mahi Mahi SUCK EM UP (25.5) lb Mahi Mahi SUCK EM UP (107) lb Ahi POMAIKA`I (30) lb Ahi TROPICAL SUN (60, 70) lb Ahi TROPICAL SUN (30/18/20/22/30) Mahi Mahi EL JOBEAN (34.5/20) lb Mahi Mahi

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Azores
Sep 8.
Brasilia released a 400 pound Blue Marlin and XACARA released a 600 pound Blue Marlin.
Sep 13.
XACARA made the most of the great weather going 3 from 4 on Blue Marlin releasing a 400, 500 and 550 pounders. MAKAIRA ended the day going 2 from 4 releasing a 300 and 600 pound Blue Marlin.BRASILIA went 3 from 4 releasing a 400, 450 and a 750 pound Blue Marlin

Photo by Brazilia Azores.

Cape Cana, Dominican Republic
Sep 9.
CAROLINE Sport Fishing went 3 from 3 on Blue Marlin.
Sep 10.
CAROLINE Sport Fishing went 4 from 6 on Blue Marlin.
Sep 11.
CAROLINE Sport Fishing went 7 from 8 on Blue Marlin.
Sep 12.
CAROLINE Sport Fishing went 5 from 5 on Blue Marlin and released a White Marlin as well.

SANDMAN tagged and released 5 Blue Marlin all around the 150 pound mark, 3 White Marlin and 1 Spearfish, Sandra MacMillan caught 3 Blue Marlin, 3 White Marlin and the Spearfish for her first SLAM.

St Thomas, Virgin Islands
Sep 8.
REEL TIGHT went 1 from 3 on Blue Marlin and saw another one for the day.
Sep 9.
Joseph Figiel had a great day on the REEL TIGHT tagging 6 from 10 Blue Marlin.
Sep 10.
REEL TIGHT went 2 from 4 on Blue Marlin
Sep 13.
REEL TIGHT went 3 from 5 on Blue Marlin catching a double headder 300 pounders.

Port Aransas, Texas
Sep 10.
Team WILDCATTER released  1 white Marlin and 4 sailfish.

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sep13.
FIRST LADY with Captain Angel Rodriguez had a great day going 3 from 5 on Blue Marlin biggest Blue aroun 400 pounds.

Kona, Hawaii

SEPTEMBER 8. RAMONA (22/20) Otaro SEA GENIE II (T&R) 180/140 lb Blue Marlin PACIFIC BLUE (241) lb Blue Marlin GOLDEN DRAGON (200/150/120) Blue Marlin NORTHERN LIGHTS (T&R) 150 lb Blue Marlin	SEPTEMBER 9. IHU NUI (T&R) 450/400 lb Blue Marlin MOANA C. (240.5) lb Blue Marlin MOANA C. (10/20) lb Mahi Mahi LINDA SUE III (140) lb Blue Marlin
SEPTEMBER 10. KONA SEAFARI (T&R) 300 lb Blue Marlin NIGHT RUNNER (427.5) lb Blue Marlin BILLFISHER II (179) lb Blue Marlin ANXIOUS (T&R) 150 lb Blue Marlin GOIN DEEP (106) lb Blue Marlin GOIN DEEP (113) lb Yellow Fin Tuna CYNTHIA (134/157.5/173.5) lb Blue Marlin TOPSHAPE (T&R) 130 lb Blue Marlin

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Duck Key, Florida
Sep 3.
Captain Brandon Mullar and Captain Josh Ardis fished 3 consecutive days straight going 13 from 17 on Swordfish. The 3 days going 4 from 5 on Saturday, 7 from 7 on Sunday and 2 from 5 on Monday.

Horta, Azores
Aug 31.
BRASILIA released 3 Blue Marlin 800,650 and a 300 pounds and raised another, XACARA released 3 Blue Marlin at 600,700 and 450 poundes. HABITAT released 1 Blue Marlin at 650 pounds, Dos Peixes released 1 Blue Marlin at 450 pounds and GLADIUS released a 700 pound Blue Marlin.
Sep 2.
BRASILIA released 3 Blue Marlin going  300,400, and 600 pounds and XACARA released a 250 pound Blue Marlin.

Photo by Brasilia.

Port Vila, Vanuatu
Sep 2.
Michelle Jansz Temminck from Crusoe Fishing Adventures reported NEVAGIVUP & REEL CAPTURE both landed Blue Marlin.
Sep 3.
NEVAGIVUP with Captain Charles Wheeler is still on fire. He tagged and released a Blue Marlin & lost another one.

Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria
Sep 6.
The boat EXPLORAMAR from Blue Marlin Charters with angler Erik van Egmond tagged and released a 330 pound Blue Marlin.

Brielle, New Jersey
Sep 3,
Big Kid Sport Fishing headed to the Hedrickson Canyon Saturday Morning with Captain Big Jake at the helm who put Anthony Gregorio onto Yellow Fin Tuna up to 60 pounds along with 2 White Marlin releases and some Mahi Mahi.

Manteo, North Carolina
Sep 6.
QUALIFIER Charters were working with NMFS and TBF to satelitte tag White Marlin. They spent the majority of the day running to other boats to transfer fish. They ended up putting all 11 of the satelitte tags in White Marlin, then at 1:30 QUALIFIER begun catch up to the fleet. They ended the day with 7 White Marlin whilse some boats caught as many as 20 White Marlin for the day.
Sep 7.
QUALIFIER backed it up again releasing 9 White Marlin.

Morehead City, North Carolina
Sep 5.
IMPULSE Charters had a great day going 3 from 5 on Sailfish and boated five wahoos.

Kona, Hawaii

Surfside Beach, Texas
Captain Jeffrey Wilson on BOOBY TRAP returned back from a 5 day trip yesterday. They went 10 from 20 IGFA hand cranking on Swordfish. Jeffrey reports that the fish were full of bait fish. They also went 1 from 2 on Sailfish.

BOOBY TRAP is sitting on 90 billfish for the season so far. One more trip and they might crack the 100 for the season.

Baja, Mexico
Aug 29.
MARLINTINI from Marlintini Sportfishing stayed in close and released 4 from 5 on Striped Marlin and also released 1 Sailfish. TAIL CHASER had a good day as well with 8 Yellowfin tuna 20-50 pounds.

Port Vila, Vanuatu
Aug 30.
Captain Charles Wheeler on the REEL CAPTURE from Crusoe Fishing Adventures landed the first Striped Marlin of the season.

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Aug 29.
FIRST LADY with Captain Angel Rodriguez with angler Jose Milan and mate Irving Givaudan weighed a 414 pound Swordfish.

Ocean City, Maryland
Aug 25.
PREDATOR had a great day going 9 from12 on White Marlin.
Aug 26.
PREDATOR went 11 from15 on billfish releasing 10 White Marlin and 1 Spearfish.

Quepos, Costa Rica
Aug 27.
FRENZY released one Sailfish and one Yellowfin Tuna, both caught on fly fishing tackle.
Aug 28.
FRENZY raised 3 Sailfish and managed to get 1 bite on fly but pulled the hooks.

Azores
Aug 28.
BRASILIA went 2 from 2 releasing a 400 and 650 pound Blue Marlin. XACARA went 1 from 3 releasing a 650 Blue Marlin on a pitch bait with 50 pound tackle.
Aug 29.
BRASILIA went 1 from 1 on Blue Marlin releasing a 550 pounder, XACARA went 1 from 1 releasing a 700 pound Blue Marlin and HABITAT went 1 from 2 on Blue Marlin.
Aug 30.
XACARA ended the day going 1 from 1 releasing a 400 pound Blue Marlin and BRASILIA went 0 from 1 on Marlin and released a mako.

Kona, Hawaii

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Azores
Aug 19.
XACARA released 4 Blue Marlin 550, 600, 750 and 850 pounds as well a White Marlin. HABITAT released 2 Blue Marlin and a White Marlin.
Aug 20.
BRASILIA released a 400 pound Blue Marlin. HABITAT released a 400 pounder, and GIPSY BLUES released one they called 800 pounds.
Aug 21.
BRASILIA went 1 from 1 on Blue Marlin releasing a solid 650 pounder. They raised another Blue Marlin they called 700 pounds and also a White Marlin. HABITAT released 1 White Marlin.
Aug 22.
XACARA released a 300 pound Blue Marlin and had a bite out of a 400 pounder Blue Marlin and HABITAT pulled the hooks on a Blue.

Ocean City, MaryLand
Jared Boshammer fishing onboard the ATTITUDES fished the last 4 days releasing 21 White Marlin. Their best day was 10 from 15 and they also weighed a 74 pound Wahoo. Great going to all onboard.

Cape May, New Jersey - Ocean City, Maryland
The 20th Annual Mid Atlantic $500,000 has just completed day 3 with boats coming into the weigh station live here at Cape May, New Jersey and at Ocean City, Maryland.

Surfside Beach, Texas
Captain Jeffrey Wilson on the BOOBY TRAP arrived back yesterday from a 3 day trip with his boss's nephew Tyler. Fishing for swordfish they went 2 from 9. Hooked one fish at 1:00pm on Saturday and fought it till 12 noon the next day on a 50w.
Tyler aged 14 years old fought this fish 15 straight hours till his hands started to bled so Jeffrey had to take him off the rod. 8 hours later they pulled the hook.  

Photo of Tyler fighting a Swordfish to the right.

Hatteras, North Carolina
Aug 24.
BITE ME Sport Fishing Charters bagged out on Mahi Mahi and released 1 Sailfish.

Bermuda
Aug 21.
Captain Kyle Weaver on board GREAT ESCSAPE went 3 from 3 on Blue Marlin and 2 Yellowfin Tuna.
Aug 22.
Captain Kyle Weaver on board GREAT ESCSAPE went 1 from 1 on Blue Marlin around the 500 pound mark. CHALLENGER went 2 from 2 on Blue Marlin, both were 300 pounders.
Aug 23.
Captain Kyle Weaver on board GREAT ESCSAPE fished his last day for the season in Bermuda. They went 1 from 2 on Blue Marlin. They ended up fishing 17 days for 20 Blue Marlin.
Aug 24.
CHALLENGER released 3 from 3 on Blue Marlin and released 1 White Marlin and a few nice Yellowfin Tuna.

Kona, Hawaii
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Ocean City, Maryland
Aug 6.
REEL NAUGHTY SPORTFISHING fished on Saturday for 4 large Mahi Mahi, 1 Spear Fish and 1 Blue Marlin.

Aug 8. 
Day 2 of the 38th White Marlin Open is now complete with 237 boats competing for an estimated $2.14 million in prize mone. Boats are now coming into the weigh station, you can watch a live feed here or you can go to the official White Marlin Open website here for the leader board. We will have a final results on the tournament once complete.

Surfside Beach, Texas
Captain Jeffrey Wilson on the BOOBY TRAP, a 52 Viking Express returned from yet another great trip going 6 from 9 on Swordfish and 1 from 2 on Blue Marlin. Jeffrey has set a goal of 100 Billfish for the summer season, of which they have caught 70 Billfish so far.

South Padre, Texas
Aug 6.
EL CAMERON weighed a 555 pound Blue Marlin to win heaviest marlin in the 72nd Texas International Fishing Tournament. It was a Sailfish tournament as five were weighed and 40 tagged and release., One Blue Marlin was weighed and 12 tagged and released as well as 21 White Marlin tagged and released.

Hatteras, North Carolina
Aug 8.
BITE ME Sportfishing tagged and released a 350 pound Blue Marlin, boated a Wahoo and a few Mahi Mahi for an hour and a half of fishing.

MARLIN MANIA ended their day with 1 Blue Marlin release, 1 White Marlin and plenty of Mahi Mahi for there charter.

Aug 9.
BITE ME Sportfishing boated a couple of nice Wahoo and a Blackfin and released 3 Sailfish.

Azores
Aug 3.
XACARA released a 500 pound Blue Marlin and 1 White Marlin
Aug 6.
BRASILIA caught a nice Mako and HABITAT released a 650 pound Blue Marlin on Azores bank.
Aug 8.
XACARA mate Marty Bates released a 950 + pound Blue Marlin after a long fight. They released the beast in great condition.

Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria
Aug 4.
The boat EXPLORAMAR from Blue Marlin Charters after ten minutes fishing, tagged and released a 600 pound Blue Marlin which gave them a 2 hour 40 minute fight.

Bahamas
CATCH 22 has been fishing for a few days. At the moment their stats are 9 from 14 Blue Marlin.

Kona, Hawaii
Consistent as always, continue reading for the full stats.

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Surfside Beach, Texas
Captain Jeffrey Wilson fishing on the BOOBY TRAP returned from yet another succesful four day trip going 9 from 11 on Swordfish, 2 from 2 on Blue Marlin and 1 from 2 on Sailfish. Jeffrey said the daytime Sword bite was on but hand cranking in this heat wears heavy on our anglers. Jeffrey is heading back out again today for 4 days. Some people have the good life! Photo to the right on board BOOBY TRAP.

West Ocean City, Maryland
MARLI Sportfishing had a great day on Saturday boating four Yellowfin Tuna and going 3 from 6 on White Marlin. Sunday they were back out on the water releasing a Blue Marlin and boating 5 Yellowfin Tuna.

Hatteras, North Carolina
Captain Jay Kavanagh on the BITE ME fished on Saturday ending up with a personal best of 11 sailfish out of 16 bites and also raised a couple more that did'nt bite. Of the 11 Sailfish there was one triple, two doubles, and 4 singles.

Captain Jim Ashley on the ENDORFIN fished friday for 5 nice Wahoo, 11 Mahi Mahi and tagged and released 1 Sailfish in the flat calm seas.

Panama, Tropic Star Lodge
MISS SOUTH AFRICA fished on Saturday to weigh a 174 pound Yellowfin Tuna on 50 pound tackle and fished Monday to release 3 Blue Marlin. Peter Meister fishing on MISS ISLAND STAR released 4 Blue Marlin today, skippered by Captain Gavilan they lost another Blue Marlin at the boat.

Quepos, Costa Rica
Captain Rafa Solano on board the FRENZY "35" tagged and released 2 Sailfish and 1 Marlin today.

Kona, Hawaii 

Hatteras, North Carolina
BITE ME Sport Fishing Charters have had some excellent Mahi Mahi fishing over the last week. There has also been a few Sailfish caught, but BITE ME only managed the one for the week.

Morehead City, North Carolina
Despite the southwester IMPULSE CHARTERS have made the past few days. Captains are thankful for seaworthy crews and good attitudes, The best of the fishing was yesterday (25th) with 2 sailfish, a dozen or so Mahi Mahi and a wahoo.

Islamorada, Florida Keys
The BnM out of Bud n' Mary's in three days of fishing caught 2 nice Swordfish, a 140 and a 178 pounder. They have also been catching some nice Mahi Mahi up to 25 pound and one 27 pound Cobia.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Captain Steve Torres and Ana Maria Sportfishing does it again!
Day 1
The boats set out at 7am. Captain Steve had caught 4 marlin the previous week and had marked a couple of hot spots around the rock. The crew caught some bigger live baits and starting trolling just after 10 am. They had their first hook up and Steve hit the throttle. The fight was on and Mark reeled in the 335 pound Blue Marlin in an hour and a half . The rest of the day was pretty cold after that but they had their trophy fish.
Day 2
There was a big rain storm that lasted all night and continued into the early morning for the ride out at 9am. After that it was clear skies and at 10am, same time as the day before, they had their first hook up, a big Sailfish. As this isn't a Sailfish tournament the crew released the Sail and starting trolling again but had no more bites. They starting heading back to the marina at about 4pm and had heard of 2 other marlin caught for the day, so they were running back with fingers crossed and ended up on top by about 20 lbs.

Madeira
Angler Jim released a 60 pound White marlin on Friday on the 'PESCA GROSSA'. The Blue Marlin still haven't showed up in any numbers as the water is still quite cold. The warm water is creaping up from the Canaries in the south and from the Azores in the North west.

Ocean City, Maryland
Matt Main reports ZIPPER released 1 Blue Marlin about 150 pound and one white marlin. OSPREY got one Blue Marlin around 500 pound and released 3 White Marlin.

Port Vila, Vanuatu
Michelle Jansz from Crusoe Fishing Adventures has passed on the following reports.
July 22.
REEL CAPTURE had a fantastic half day charter fishing off Pango Point hooking 5 Marlin, landing a 230 pound Black Marlin a Blue Marlin and tagging one Blue Marlin. REEL CAPTURE also jumping another two Blue Marlin's off one being a 800 pound plus after a 2 hour fight, NEVAGIVUP only raised the one.
July 23.
NEVAGIVUP takes out the Wahoo Masters Tournament with all kids fishing. Heaviest Wahoo Jnr Male went to Jett Thornburgh, Heaviest Wahoo Jnr Female went to Taylah Donchous both onboard Nevagivup. Nash Thornburgh landed a Vanuatu Jnr Record Sailfish weighing in at 29.8Kg on 24Kg, this is the first junior record for Sailfish in Vanuatu! Best boat also went to NEVAGIVUP for the most weighed Wahoo.

Algarve, Portugal
'Albufeira Big Game Challenge 2011' Winner 'BLUE SHARK', with 'Gerhard Drescher' and 'Tiago Palma' got 2 Blue Marlin, 660 pound and the first 1000 pound 'Grander' on the Algarve for this Year.

Photo by Tiago Palma

Cape Verde
DIMEU weighed a 1120 pound blue marlin fishing out of Sao Vicente. Photo to the right.

Quepos, Costa Rica
July 12.
Captain Jose Hernandez on the FRENZY released 5 sailfish. It's been a bit windy this week but the fishing is pretty good. Plenty of mahi mahi and yellowfin tuna around as well.

Horta Azores,
HABITAT went 1 from 5 blue marlin. The first blue marlin of the season was a 800 pounder. HABITAT is the only boat fishing until BRASILIA arrives on the 21st July.

Hatteras, North Carolina
July 13.
SEA CREATURE SPORTFISHING had a great day! A Grand Slam with Patrick and Cameron both landed 2 white marlin apiece. Tim landed the sailfish and Terry brought the blue marlin to the boat. Brett and Bob helped with landing their bag limit of mahi mahi.
July 17.
Three generations of Gravetts on the boat today and 3 white marlin tagged and released. The weather was very nice, cool temperature with a light NE breeze.

Manteo, North Carolina
July 17.
QUALIFIER finished the day with 11 white marlin and a sailfish after they showed up the previous day.

Surfside Beach, Texas
Captain Jeffrey Wilson on BOOBY TRAP got back from a 3 day trip going 3 from 6 on swordfish. All swordfish were released, the biggest being 250 pounds. They also went 2 from 2 on white marlin, 10 wahoos, 6 nice mahi mahi and a couple of yellowfin tuna.

Bermuda
Bermuda Big Game Classic, REEL ESTATE entered Barrs Bay to weigh their boated blue marlin.  Since no fish were boated on the fist day, a qualifier over 500-pounds could mean a double daily jackpot.  Fortunately for the team she weighed in at 517-pounds giving them a chance for a nice payday if no other team could catch a larger one. CLICK THROUGH wins with 3 Blue Marlin and 2 White Marlin releases.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
The Tuna bite is still red hot inside and outside of the bay. Captain Steve Torres has never seen so many tuna inside Banderas bay. Despite a little rain in the morning it has been an incredible 1st week of July. Inside the bay expect 15-30 lb tuna, outside range has been 40 - 150 lbs. The Blue and Black Marlin  season is starting with Steve catching a nice Blue last week around 300+, and other reports of Blacks at  el banco. Puerto Vallarta will be holding the Marlin and tuna tournament on July 14th at the La Cruz Marina. With how the fishing has been lately it is definetly going to be a tournament to remember.

Kona, Hawai

July 11. MONKEY BIZ II (T&R) 325/250 lb Blue Marlin NIGHT RUNNER weighed a 143 lb Yellowfin tuna SEA GENIE II (T&R) 475/120 lb pound Blue Marlin SEA STRIKE (T&R) 175 lb Blue Marlin JR'S HOOKER (T&R) 550 lb Blue Marlin BLUE WATER HUNTER 35.5 lb Mahi Mahi SEA BABY III 180/175/150 lb Blue Marlin LEPIKA (T&R) 150 lb Blue Marlin LAST CHANCE (T&R) 250/140 lb Blue Marlin NAINOA (T&R) 175 lb Blue Marlin HOOKED UP (T&R) 175 lb Blue Marlin		JULY 12. SEA GENIE II (T&R) 300/180/140 lb Blue Marlin MARLIN MAGIC II (T&R) 175 lb Blue Marlin MAGGIE JOE (161) lb Blue Marlin LEPIKA 110/120 lb Yellowfin Tuna LEPIKA (T&R) 30/30 lb Spearfish NORTHERN LIGHTS (T&R) 275/140 lb Blue Marlin SEA WIFE II (T&R) 180 lb Blue Marlin STRONG PERSUADER 179 lb Yellowfin Tuna STRONG PERSUADER (T&R) 400/150 lb Blue Marlin CHERRY PIT II (T&R) 400 lb Blue Marlin LEGACY 435 lb Blue Marlin HIGH NOON 225 lb Blue Marlin NIGHT RUNNER 34 lb Sailfish LINDA SUE III 30 lb Wahoo LINDA SUE III 150 lb Blue Marlin SEA STRIKE 155 lb Yellowfin Tuna PLAYTIME 55.5 lb Mahi Mahi MARLIN MAGIC I (T&R) 550/175/150 lb Blue Marlin
	JULY 13. PACIFIC LADY 366 lb Blue Marlin NEW HORIZON 171.5 lb Blue Marlin REEL FUN 115 lb Ahi STRONG PERSUADER 189 lb Ahi JR'S HOOKER (T&R) 300/225 lb Blue Marlin IHU NUI 350 lb Blue Marlin IHU NUI 179.5 lb Blue Marlin LEHUANANI 59 lb Mahi Mahi ANXIOUS (T&R) 200 lb Blue Marlin UNBELIEVABLE (T&R) lb 150 Blue Marlin NORTHERN LIGHTS (T&R) lb 180 Blue Marlin INTEGRITY (T&R) 400/250/250 lb Blue Marlin INTEGRITY 30 lb Wahoo	JULY 14. MONKEY BIZ II 177 lb Yellowfin Tuna RAPTOR 447 lb Blue Marlin C. HAWK 64 lb Yellowfin Tuna LINDA SUE III 175 lb Blue Marlin PACIFIC LADY 208 lb Blue Marlin PACIFIC LADY 30 lb Spearfish PACIFIC LADY 35 lb Spearfish SEA STRIKE (T&R) 250 lb Blue Marlin SEA STRIKE 30 lb Spearfish SEA STRIKE 30 lb Wahoo HUNTRESS (T&R) 450 lb Black Marlin MARLIN MAGIC (T&R) 250 lb Blue Marlin IHU NUI (T&R) 225 lb Blue Marlin CHIRIPA (T&R) 550 lb Blue Marlin SUNDOWNER 62/47.5 lb Sailfish SUNDOWNER 22.3 lb Spearfish CHERRY PIT II (T&R) 300 lb Blue Marlin HOOKED UP (T&R) 625 lb Blue Marlin
July 15. MARLIN GRANDO 90 lb Yellowfin Tuna LINDA SUE III 42 lb Wahoo FINN-S 42 lb Mahi Mahi TROPICAL SUN (T&R) 200 lb Blue Marlin ANXIOUS (T&R) 130 lb Blue Marlin ROD BENDER (T&R) 200 lb Blue Marlin IHU NUI (T&R) 200 lb Blue Marlin MAGGIE JOE (T&R) 220 lb Blue Marlin MAKANA LANI 115 lb Yellowfin Tuna	July 16. ANXIOUS 482 lb Blue Marlin CHERRY PIT II 484 lb Blue Marlin TOPSHAPE (T&R) 40 lb Spearfish TOPSHAPE 40 lb Mahi Mahi IHU NUI (T&R) 200/180/175/150 lb Blue Marlin MARLIN MAGIC I (T&R) 175 lb Blue Marlin LAST CHANCE (T&R) 175 lb Blue Marlin ROD BENDER (T&R) 200/200 lb Blue Marlin

Surfside Beach, Texas - Swordfish and Sails

Madeira - Blues show up

Islamorada, Florida Keys - Swordfish

Port Vila, Vanuatu - 'Going off'

Kona, Hawaii - Plenty of action

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Welcome to the African Billfish Foundation Newsletter in which we share the highlights of the 2010/2011 season and the past months. We have had a busy season with challenges and accomplishments which have enabled the foundation to continue evolving and sharpen its effectiveness.

It is gratifying to report that 2723 fish were tagged and 31 recaptures were reported which included an exciting recovery of a black marlin off Madagascar.  The ABF has also continued to make great strides in the sharing of information through reports that   will be presented at international meetings in both the Seychelles and Berlin.  We have also extended our tagging programme to the Middle East and Zanzibar.

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Kona Hawaii - Plenty of action & the 'Firecracker Open'

Port Villa, Vanuatu - Blue Marlin and Sailfish

Cape Verde - Capt Zak Conde, 7 from 17 Blue Marlin in 9 days

Bermuda - 800 Blue Marlin

Hatteras, NC - Sailfish and Mahi Mahi

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Abaco, Bahamas - New Bahamas Blue Marlin record

Los Suenos, Costa Rica - Sails

Gomera, Caneries - 400 & 700 pound Blues

Kona, Hawaii - Consistant as always and 'Kona kick - Off' results

Sandestin, Florida - 'Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic'

Islamorada, Florida Keys - Juniors catch their first Swordfish

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Kona, Hawaii - Big yellowfin and big blues.

Costa Rica - Charging Blue Marlin.

North Carolina - The $524,375.00 Blue Marlin.

Tonga - 700 pound Blue Marlin released.

Florida - Sailfish in numbers.

Cape Verde - Blues continue.

Florida, St Thomas & more

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Kona, Hawaii - Big blue marlin.
Surfside Beach, Texas - BOOBY TRAP has some hot swordfishing, going 7 from 9.

Dominican Republic - 25 white marlin in 2 days.
San Blas, Mexico - 517 pound black marlin.

Mississippi - Blue marlin 400 pound to 700 pound.
Cape Verde - SMOKER keeps at the blue marlin.

Mohammedia, Morocco - GLADIUS weighed a 532 blue marlin.
Gran Canaria - 490 pound blue marlin.

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Members Report: 'BIG Game Fishing, Kenya'
A special thanks to Howard, Sue and Crew for the report.

2009 and 2010 set the mood for fishing in 2011. We all had such a good season of marlin and sailfish catches, resulting in every one re booking pretty much in the same period as for 2011, but with some new faces in the mix.

This just goes to show how difficult it is to predict this wonderful sport of ours. We moved Kipapa up to Watamu in mid January looking forward to better fishing north and arrived to find the Watamu fleet of boats catching a few stripeys and blacks with sail fish in the mix. It’s odd to see 20 boats all creeping along with live baits out. We soon found we were doing the same, fortunately the bait was pretty well spread out and we didn’t have to fish too close to the rest of the boats.

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KONA HAWAII - DIRTY DOZEN TOURNAMENT
CAP CANA, DR - 12 FROM 12 WHITE MARLIN
GUATEMALA - 11 FROM 12 SAILS
CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO - 10 STRIPED MARLIN IN ONE DAY

CAPE VERDE - GRANDER BLUE
CHARLESTON, SC - WHITE MARLIN & DOLPHIN FISH
SURFSIDE BEACH, TEXAS - TWO 300 POUND SWORDFISH

ST THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS - CAPTAIN TIM RICHARDSON, 1650 FEET & 225 POUND SWORDFISH

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New Zealand - 17 Swordfish in 19 days, 128kg Broadbill
Hawaii - Consistant as always!
Cape Verde - 86 Marlin in 53 days!
St Croix - 312 pound Swordfish!
Alabama - Big Blues!

Bahamas, Florida, Cap Cana and more

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Port Vila,Vanuatu
May 18, Crusoe Fishing Adventures onboard 'Nevagivup' were on a half day charter and ended up 2 from 2 on blue marlin.

Cape Verde
AMELIA with Captain Zac Conde has had Stephen from Germany onboard for the last 10 days with fishing a bit slow. The last few days has picked up going 9 from 12 blue marlin, the biggest being 400 pounds. Overall season for AMELIA so far, they have caught 126 from 207 bites in 69 days of fishing.

SMOKER is fishing in Sao Vicente at the moment, and went 2 from 2 blue marlin yesterday and today went 0 from 2 and they raised another 2 blues that didn'tt want to eat.

Hatteras, North Carolina
SEA CREATURE Sportfishing released a blue marlin they called over 500 pound and a few dolphin fish.
BITE ME on friday bagged out on dolphin fish and raised a pod of sails but could not manage to hook one and they released a 600 pound blue marlin to angler Mike that they caught in an hour. On sunday they released a nice little sailfish and bagged out on dolphin fish.

Kona, Hawaii
JR'S HOOKER tagged and released a nice 750 pound blue marlin.
Andy Cho fishing out on his kayak weighed a 93.5 pound sailfish being the largest sailfish for the season so far. Well done Andy.

New Zealand
Jeremy Meakin reports of Captain Bruce Smiths STRIKER  catching a 128kg swordfish and one striped marlin in beautiful conditions. Over the past few weeks the sword fishing in far north New Zealand has been going off and there has been some big fish seen. Two days ago a sword was weighed that was 6kg shy of the 15kg world record. There are also still a few striped marlin around with one weighed at 197kg. We will post some photos and a video soon from Jeremy Meakin. Thank you Jeremy for the report.

142kg striped marlin caught out of an inflatable boat in New Zealand.

Kona, Hawaii
May 12th: SEA STRIKE weighed two blue marlin going 102 and 126 pounds and a 22 pound mahi mahi.
May 13th: CAMELOT had a great day weighing a 995.5 pound blue marlin just shy of the magical 1000 pound (grander) mark, they caught it on a live 7 - 8 pound yellowfin tuna near one of the FADS. Well done to Captain Mark Schubert and his crew.
TAI PAN II weighed a 794 pound blue marlin.
May 17th: Captain Chip Van Mols on board Monkey Biz II had the Hollman family on board releasing a nice solid 650 pound blue marlin and catching a few spearfish.

Costa Rica
GO FISH from Go Fish Costa Rica went 2 from 4 on sailfish with perfect weather conditions.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Captain Steve Lassley went 7 from 11 striped marlin on sunday.

Hatteras, North Carolina
MARLIN MANIA released two white marlin and bagged out on mahi mahi. A great day out on the water for the charter and crew.
WIRED UP weighed an 511.2 pound blue marlin during the 17th Annual Hatteras Village Offshore Open, final results will be posted soon.

Pirates Cove, North Carolina
There were six blue marlin released out of Pirates Cove over the weekend.

Cape Verde
Captain Zac Conde on board AMELIA weighed a 1145 pound blue marlin for angler Stephan Kreupls, it was the first day of Stephan's 12 day charter. They were fishing on the north west bank off San Antao. AMELIA has released 115 blue marlin in 63 days of fishing.

Pago Pago, American Samoa
Timothy Dromgool fishing aboard GIRLFRIEND weighed a 258 pound blue marlin and Ryan Simpson fishing on board YELLOW FIN weighed an 153.2 pound yellow fin tuna. The results of the 12th Steinlarger I'A LAPO 'A Game Fishing Tournament will be posted soon. There were 25 blues caught and 3 sail fish as well as other species.

Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Fishing Report Courtesy of Picante Sportfishing www.picantesportfishing.com

It is day four and the preliminary results are in. It has been a hard fought tournament. The weather today was picture perfect. And the fishing was good too. Just about the same number of fish were caught today as the last couple of days. And there were some different names in the top teams. The “27th Treasure Cay Annual Billfish Tournament” team from Florida had a great fishing and catching day and ended up in first for the day. They released 6 Striped Marlin and racked up half their total points. And that rocketed Eddie Flack into second place angler behind Hernando Gonzalez from the “IGFA Offshore World Champions 2010” team. That also put the Florida team into a tentative tie for fourth place.

The South African team, “S.A.D.S.A.A. Billfish Classic 2010” had a great day with 5 Striped Marlin. That also was half their score and that put them into 2nd for the day and tentative 6th place overall. The third place team for the day was the “Ocean City Light Tackle Club 63rd Annual Derby” team, with 1000 points also. They had a slow start with only one Striped Marlin on day one, but did a fine job releasing 5 Striped Marlin today, but still didn’t score high in the overalls. So far these results are for the day and the official winners will be announced at tomorrow night’s dinner.

The fishing has been good just like we all expect Cabo fishing to be. With 59 teams consisting of 282 anglers and 289 billfish caught the tournament has turned what started as a slow spring into more what we like to see. Anglers from over 30 countries using different techniques and fishing with a lack of good bait have made the 2011 IGFA World Offshore Championship a success. Congratulations to all the anglers and good luck in this year’s tournaments.

New Zealand
HOOKIN BULL have been hookin into the broad bill, catching them during the day, with reports they had an ANIMAL on as well. They were fighting one they called around the mark for nine hours. With the water being nice and clear they could see that it was hooked in the side and unfortunately lost it.

Captain Bevan Beauchamp weighed a 149.8kg Broadbill Swordfish aboard the HEADQUARTERS for angler Olivia Woolston, with crewman Jeremy Meakin.

Cabo San Lucas
The IGFA Offshore Championship has just completed its second day of fishing with a total of 220 billfish released for the tournament so far. The championship has also seen its first ever swordfish released in the tournaments history (day 1) then today the team from Senegal & the N'Gor Marlin Cup 2011 released a second.

Team 45 from Islamorada Fish Club "Captain's Cup Sailfish Tournament", with anglers Sam Worden, Hunter Barron, Frank Juliano, Jill Clark and Kevin Clark are the leaders on 3000 points.
Team 62 weighed a 226 pound yellowfin tuna today caught by Flavio Campos Reis representing the Torneo De Marlin Azul from Brazil. It took 3 hours and 19 minutes to boat the fish which put them in first place in the tuna category. The tuna is a tournament record and officials are looking into a possible 30 pound IGFA world record.

Florida Keys
BNM out of Florida Keys have been into the sword fish boating a 75 pound sword and realeasing one around 30 pound, followed by the next day boating a 130 pounder and releasing another smaller one. They also caught a few Mahi Mahi.

Hatteras, North Carolina
LOW PROFILE weighed a 511.2 pound blue marlin in the "Hatteras Village Offshore Open", SEA STRIKER, OUTLAW, WIRED UP, RELEASE, OUTER LIMITS, CAT BABY and ENDORFIN all released a blue marlin each as well as WIRED UP releasing a white marlin.

Kona, Hawaii
6th May saw ROD BENDER weigh a 153.5 pound blue marlin, SEA WFE II boated a 25.5 pound mahi mahi and TROPICAL SUN tagged and released a 50 pound spearfish.
7th May saw TOPSHAPE weigh a 301.5 pound blue marlin, JR'S HOOKER weighed a 458 pound blue marlin and a 55 pound wahoo, LEPIKA weighed a 98.5 pound yellowfin tuna, KRISTA weighed a 257 pound blue marlin, MISS MOJO weighed two yellowfin tuna going 80 and 100 pound and MOANA C weighed a 97 pound yellowfin tuna.
8th May saw MISS MOJO weigh two nice yellowfin tuna going 131.5 and 147.5 pounds, HUNTRESS weighed a 25 pound wahoo, MALOLO weighed two wahoo going 35 and 40 pound, MAKANA LANI weighed four wahoo going 22, 32, 38 and 48 pounds, SILKY tagged and released a 50 pound spear fish and on board SEA WIFEII they weighed a 103.5 pound blue marlin and a 77.5 pound amberjack.
9th May saw SEA WIFE II tag and release a 125 pound silky shark, GOLDEN DRAGON weighed four wahoo going 14.5,17.5, 20.5 and 21 pound, MAKANA LANI weighed a 25 pound wahoo and SEA BABY III weighed three wahoo going 20, 25 and 30 pound.
10th May saw MAKANA LANI weigh two wahoo going 19 and 29 pound, KONA PEARL II weighed a 38 pound wahoo, SEA WIFE II weighed two wahoo going 24 and 25 pound and LINDA SUE III weighed a 35 pound spear fish.

"Team 62 weighed a 226 pound yellowfin tuna today caught by Flavio Campos Reis representing the Torneo De Marlin Azul from Brazil"

27th April
MAKANA LANI weighed a 609.5 pound blue marlin and a 22 pound dolphin fish, LEPIKA weighed a 20 pound spear fish and tagged and released a 30 pound spear fish and LINDA SUE II tagged and released a 325 pound blue marlin and weighed a 30 pound spear fish.

28th April
TOPSHAPE had a cracker of a day weighing a 125, 130, 130.5, 140, 158.5, 180 and a 201 pound yellow fin tuna, TROPICAL SUN weighed a 20 and 40 pound spear fish and SEA STRIKE weighed a 30 pound spear fish.

29th April
CAMELOT weighed a 142.5 yellow fin tuna and a 30 pound spearfish, SEA WIFE II tagged and released a 30 pound spear fish, a 700 pound blue marlin, 200 pound bronzed whaler, 150 pound silky shark and weighed a 20 pound dolphin fish.

Thank you to The Charter Desk for suppling the information.

A clip from the past with Captain Kevin Nakamaru on the helm.

Capt Kevin Nakamaru at the helm of the mighty NORTHERN LIGHTS with a 700 pound blue marlin off the Kona coast of Hawaii.

20th April
ANXIOUS Tagged and Released a 40 pound Spearfish as well as two striped marlin at 45 and 55 pound, HOOKED UP boated three wahoo at 15, 25 and 30 pound and a 45 pound yellowfin tuna and SEA WIFE II tagged and released a 30 pound spearfish.

21st April
KONA SPIRIT tagged and released a 450 pound blue marlin, SEA WIFE II tagged and released a 30 pound spearfish and boated a 19 pound skipjack tuna, FIRE HATT tagged and released a 50 pound stripped marlin and boated a 45 pound spearfish, REEL CLASS boated two wahoo at 32.5 and 40.5 pound's, CAMELOT weighed a blue marlin pulling the scales down to 387 pounds, LOLO MOTION weighed four wahoo at 20, 22, 26 and 44 pounds and UNBELIEVABLE weighed a mixed bag 15, 17, 20 and 29 pound.

22nd April
HIGH NOON weighed a 101.5 pound yellowfin tuna, MAKANA LANI tagged and released a 300 pound black marlin, ANXIOUS weighed a 176.50 pound yellowfin tuna and MARLIN MAGIC II weighed a 40 pound spearfish.

23rd April
ALIBI weighed a 25.5 pound wahoo, SEA WIFE II weighed a 30 pound spear fish, MAKANA LANI weighted a 32 pound wahoo, KALAMA ULA Weighed a blue marlin that went 275 pound, IHU NUI weighed two spearfish what went 30 and 35 pound and SEA WIFE II weighed a 25 pound skipjack tuna and a 44 pound spearfish.

24th April
MARLIN MAGIC II weighed two 30 pound spearfish.

25th April
LEPIKA weighed a 161.50 blue marlin, SEA WIFE II weighed a 60 pound yellowfin tuna, LINDA SUE III weighed a 446 pound blue marlin, ALOHA KAI weighed a 519 pound blue marlin, SUNDOWNER weighed a 99.5 pound yellowfin tuna, HIGH NOON weighed a 120 pound yellowfin tuna and SHORELINE weighed a 65.5 poundgiant trevallly.

26th April
SEA WIFE II weighed a 8.5 pound skipjack tuna and CAMELOT weighed a 514.5 pound blue marlin.

Thank you to The Charter Desk for supplying the information.

Capt. Matthias Henningsen on board "SMOKER" from Atlantic Fishing Charters is having an absolute cracker of a season in Cape Verde. On the 28th April Captain Matthias reported another great day leaving Mindelo Harbour to travel down to San Nicolau, on the way they caught 2 blue marlin before arriving at the south bank off San Nicolau at 3pm. In three hours of fishing "SMOKER" released another 8 blue marlin ending up with 10 from 16 blue marlin all in the 300 to 500 pound. Thank you to Captain Matthias Henningsen for sharing this information.

Cape Verde Archipelago is located 370 miles off the coast of West Africa.

Monday 18th April
Well Kona is starting to produce some nice solid fish, Zoran from Austria caught this 528 pound blue marlin aboard "MARLIN GRANDO". "FIRE HAT" tagged a 450 pound blue marlin as well as Chip Van Mols on board "MONKEY BIZ 11" tagged a 45 pound spearfish as well as weighing a 45 pound striped marlin.

Tuesday 19th April
"SILKY" had a great day out on the water tagging a 500 pound blue marlin, two striped marlin 70 and 65 pound and boated two mahi mahi 27 and 20 pound. "SEA WIFE 11" tagged and released a 40 pound spearfish. "NORTHERN LIGHTS" tagged and released a 100 pound blue marlin.

Photo supplied by The Charter Desk @ Honokohau Marina