The Black Marlin Fishing Blog is the brainchild of Kelly Dalling (now Kelly Fallon). In 2005, Kelly spent her first Giant Black Marlin Season alongside her skipper father Jim aboard Reel Chase. A long term blogger, Kelly thought nothing of creating a new blog to post daily fishing reports from the Coral Sea. Fortunately the technology has not let her down and Kelly is able to post reports from miles out to sea where even mobile phone service is sketchy – from right amongst the action!

And the readership has not let her down either. During peak season the blog receives thousands of visits each day from gamefishing enthusiasts around the world.

Kelly has continued blogging through the 2006-2010 Giant Black Marlin Seasons and has also expanded the blog to include year-round marlin fishing reports beyond Cairns from up and down the East Coast of Australia, and occasionally, throughout the world. The archives are available online through the home page, feel free to wander through. Warning, it can be very distracting! (Although – due to a computer glitch – the 2005 archives no longer exist. Weep!)

In 2008, the professional fleet came on board with a huge number of boats also contributing to the reports. Please show your support to these wonderful and talented Captains by visiting their listings in the boat directory. If you’re planning a trip, these guys are the pros, and they fish all up and down the coast.

Of course this blog would not be able to continue without the ongoing support of Capt. Jim Dalling (Dad) who provides in-depth background and knowledge at the drop of a hat (he’s like a walking and talking encyclopedia!)

In 2010, Capt. Jim handed the reigns over to Kelly’s new husband Capt. Luke Fallon, himself a 25 year veteran, and the team on board KEKOA as Kelly’s joins the k-crew!  And on the board the brand new 56 foot O’Brien, we have the technology to bring you even closer to the action than ever!  More photos, more video and more reports!

When Kelly is not fishing, writing about fishing, feeding hungry fishermen, or taking fishing pictures, you will find her busy working on her other web project, Keruko.com.  As Keruko (a nickname ode to her many years spent living and working in Japan) Kelly likes to produce freelance websites and graphic art (ads, business cards, photo art) – usually fishing related of course – and would love to be involved in your project too. Contact Kelly by email, it all starts with a simple idea.