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Archive: August 2011

Hi everyone, today I’m testing a new feature of the Black Marlin Fishing Blog for the Cairns Black Marlin Season 2011 — live blogging.  Updates appear in real-time with the latest update at the top — so please check back for new reports. [liveblog]

While the official tournament results are not in – word from boats competing in the Cairns BlueWater 6kg Tournament was that a great time was had by all. As I mentioned on Saturday, it’s great to see some little black marlin featuring in the results. The tournament was won on countback by Rohan Cross and [...]

Some more promising news for crews fishing any of the light tackle tournaments upcoming over the next month in North Queensland with a few first year marlin reported during the first two days of fishing at the Cairns BlueWater 6kg Tournament being held out of Fitroy Island at present.  On both Day 1 and 2, [...]

Two O’Briens converged on Townsville over the weekend for a few weeks of light tackle including the Townsville Billfish Challenge, before heading up to Cairns for the Giant Black Marlin Season next month.  Castille III heading north from the Gold Coast with a stopover at Hamilton Island on the way released a sailfish for Terry [...]


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