Fishing on the final day of the tournament was a bit of a let down for boats competing with only two fish tagged for the day, both on southern reefs and nothing at all up the top. Iona 2 tagged a 300lb-er for Noel at Linden Bank and Hard To Swallow tagged a 400lb-er for [...]
After the overnight squall conditions it was a more subdued fleet at start fishing – and slightly smaller with a few withdrawals for the day due to the weather conditions. We were first through the opening at the bottom of Number 10 and it was a fair bit lumpy, let me tell you! And a [...]
I’m feeling a little sleep deprived this morning, as I’m sure a lot of the fleet are too after the night we had on the reef. (I think the winds peaked at over 45knots during the squall.) So anyways, I shall try to direct my thoughts with heavy eyelids. It took them five days to [...]
Full tournament report tomorrow but just another big congratulations to Andrey Grigoriev and the team on Moana III for the 1100lb-er they tagged and released today. I actually just found out this makes grander number 5 as Capt. Brett Thomas on Gorilla reported to me this afternoon that they have just finished a five day [...]
The Black Marlin Fishing Blog began in 2005 and is the brainchild of Kelly Dalling, daughter of well-known Australian skipper Jim Dalling.
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