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The men's 4-pound line class record Atlantic blue marlin. IGFA. Using just 4-pound line, angler Leo Cloostermans caught a 573-pound Atlantic blue marlin to claim the men’s world record for that line ...
There have been blue marlin weighed in both the Atlantic and the Pacific that were larger than the existing records. Blues larger than 1,402 pounds are out there. Thankfully for me, the women’s ...
The top billfishing teams on the gulf coast are competing for their share of a record, $1.8 million-dollar purse. This ...
The previous Cook Islands record catch, of a 1,045-pound blue marlin, occurred in 2020. The world record for Pacific blue marlin stands at 1,376 pounds, for a 1982 catch off Kona, Hawaii.
Christopher Marlin David’s 605-pound Atlantic blue marlin is currently under review at the IGFA for the male smallfry all-tackle world record. Courtesy The David Family Twice Conde had to turn to ...
A record 1,135-pound blue marlin caught on the last day of the 2021 MidAtlantic tournament took home the top purse of $1.167 million in winnings.
Stover, a county commissioner from Paulding County, Ga., caught the record-setter aboard the “Mollie,” captained by Jeff Shoults, a veteran of more than three decades in catching blue marlin.
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. - The 2024 Blue Marlin Grand Championship is in the books and it was another one for the record book as well, with 99 blues caught over the weekend.Most of those were released ...
A North Carolina fishing team hauled in a record-breaking 958-pound Blue Marlin at an Ocean City, Md., fishing tournament on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy MidAtlantic Tournament) ...
Whether a record or not, the blue marlin cashed in bigtime for The Billfisher team as it won the division and netted a whopping $1,167,762. For Duffie, it was especially exciting as it was only ...
A tournament-record blue marlin was the sensation Thursday on the next-to-last day of the MidAtlantic big-game fishing classic. Why Not, with Wade Lober, out of Queenstown, Md., pulled into Sunset ...
A North Carolina fishing team hauled in a record-breaking 958-pound Blue Marlin at an Ocean City, Md., fishing tournament on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy MidAtlantic Tournament) ...