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No sooner is reference made to the normally calm August conditions than the winds start to blow. Any comments about tropical systems are to be strongly discouraged, for sure. No sense upsetting Mother Nature! In any event, last week’s Blue Marlin Rel...

The excitement of tournaments and Cup Match has now subsided; it is hot, people are laid-back, schools remain closed, beaches are busy and many locals are off-island on vacation. Although this makes for a somewhat exceptional month, there is no compe...

Rampant illegal fishing, including the poaching of protected species along with lobster out of season, has been exposed by concerned residents at the West End. Alleging that sea creatures are being hauled ashore and eaten by staff disembarking from D...

A common definition of “expert” is someone from another town. It is not uncommon to look down on anything home-grown and to look up to something from away. Certainly, when it comes to big game fishing, Bermuda need not resort to that. After three ma...

An apparent die-off of fish last week, thought to be caused by a toxic algal bloom or water contamination, turned out to be more mundane in its cause. The many dead fish floating up on the Pembroke shoreline came from a castaway catch, according to a...

What a spectacular billfish tournament the Bermuda Big Game Classic was! Well expected to be a good event as it has been for years now, there was really no indication or precedent for this year’s record-shattering performance. Whether it was closely...

High summer and it’s hot, flat, and humid with the air just hanging there, and while this forces most people into air-conditioning or under a fan on shore, better offshore billfishing conditions probably don’t exist. Things don’t even get much bette...

A fisherman who posted a picture of himself on social media after catching a rainbow parrotfish — a species protected under law — is being investigated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The investigation was sparked after the ph...

High summer, so let the games begin! Or at least the mayhem that marlin madness brings to the month of July. In Bermuda almost all the serious local fleet and any number of visiting overseas boats compete in a number of tournaments that has the isla...

Stephanie Choate of Florida hooked a 625lbs marlin in the Bermuda Billfish Blast yesterday, taking home a jackpot prize of more than $340,000. Because the first day of the Bermuda Billfish Blast coincided with the World Cup Blue Marlin Championship,...

In case you have not noticed the summer is flying by, schools are out, the humidity is up there and the fishing is certainly the best that it has been for some years now. It is high time to take advantage of it while you can. Even if you aren’t in a...

Oh, happy days. After having been conspicuous by their absence the yellowfin tuna have chosen to arrive just in time for the celebration of the 50th Bermuda Anglers Club International Light Tackle Tournament. This year’s landmark event sees nine team...