Presented ByAs the highly anticipated kickoff to the summer season, the Kona Kick Off is a competitively priced “four flags” tournament that splits the base pot between the largest marlin, ahi, ono ...

Team Rum Knuckles shattered Grenada’s national blue marlin record with a 919-pound catch at the 2025 Spicy Tuna Tournament—an ...

MTU 12V 2000 M96X Courtesy Rolls Royce The highly successful MTU 12V 2000 M96L, rated at 1,945 hp, has now received a power upgrade to 2,002 hp and is named the MTU 12V 2000 M96X. The engines first ...

From Southern California down to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, teams pull artificial lures for striped marlin, but they almost always have a pitch bait ready, often a live or fresh-dead caballito already ...

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 ...

The fleet of classics usually fished around the Outer Banks rather than traveling throughout the season. Courtesy Hatteras Marlin Club Membership Has Its Privileges Styron says: “In the early days, ...

What They Do There are currently three companies that sell ­omnidirectional sonars: Furuno, Simrad and MAQ. Furuno was the earliest player in the sport-fishing game, releasing its first version, ...

Just because you might be the smallest boat in the fleet doesn’t mean you can’t compete with the big boys. Austin Coit Mention a center console among the sport-fishing teams in the Gulf of Mexico, and ...

Black marlin are among the most sought-after game fish in the world. Will Drost Before we even explore the physical and situational differences between a blue and black marlin, we need to understand ...

Tijereta, with Capt. Bubba Carter at the helm, was a longtime fixture in Venezuela’s sport-fishing community. Scott Kerrigan / Aqua Paparazzi Capt. Jimmy Grant, who had one of the ­longest stints in ...

Watch: We show you how to rig one of the best baits for blue marlin: the swimming mackerel. Young Guns and Big Numbers Crews fishing in the DR regularly release large numbers of both white and blue ...

Crafting a custom rod is slow, careful work that cannot be rushed. Jon Whittle/Marlin While Harris and the local charter fleet worked together to develop rods for charter boats in the Outer Banks and ...