A sailfish takes flight while fishing down in Guatemala. Andrew Cox. Thanks to some new equipment, crews fishing on smaller boats can now adopt those tactics used by large battlewagons, and there are ...

The ­charter fleet today. Courtesy Richard Stanczyk. No one believed you could catch sailfish in 15 feet of water back then, but Starr did, says his then-mate, Capt. Alex Adler, now the veteran ...

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Learn how ocean currents and warm-core eddies drive big-game sport fisheries worldwide. Discover how real-time satellite data, bathymetric features, and boundary currents shape ideal conditions for ...

You could easily make the argument that 2020 was the best blue marlin fishing year ever in the Gulf of Mexico. Fleur de Lis’ Capt. Scooter Porto set the Gulf blue marlin season record by catching an ...

The team members of Buddy Rowe – the champions of the 2024 South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series – celebrate their record-setting performance of amassing 14,075 points. Courtesy of Cameron ...

Credit Merritt Boatworks Reel Tight, Merritt 88. Set to splash in 2027, the next Reel Tight will be the second 88-footer the team at Merritt’s Boat and Engine Works has built for the Lamberts—a ...

The Early Years. Charles Johnson, a car dealer from the other end of the state in Asheville, North Carolina, was an avid fisherman. Based on his desire to experience pelagic fishing in other parts of ...

Elite sport-fishing teams like Team Supreme, Mama C, and Lo Que Sea weigh in on what it takes to build a successful sport-fishing team. Learn how their unique traditions, teamwork, and meticulous ...

Blue marlin show a definite affinity for FADs, both in the Caribbean and in the Pacific. Richard Gibson. The first major theory why fish aggregate on FADs is known as the food-chain hypothesis, which ...

Discover the evolution of tagging billfish, from early efforts to , to groundbreaking satellite technology like the pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT). Learn how initiatives from groups like The ...

Photo by John Ashley John Ashley The Marlin Men of Cape Verde. At the end of the day, I see Hooker pull into the harbor with two white flags snapping in the breeze — two blue marlin releases. After ...