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

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 ...

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 ...

Many anglers catch sailfish without targeting them. For those who are looking for sails, these are the world’s best hot spots. Dave Ferrell Most people’s first introduction to the world of billfish ...

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 ...

Western-boundary currents, such as the Gulf Stream and the East Australian Current, carry tropical water and are preferred for targeting pelagics. The ephemeral nature of the famed canyons fishery off ...

For those building boats, if you don’t directly install the gyro or build in the infrastructure to install it later, you are missing the boat completely. Few manufacturers are missing that opportunity ...

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 ...

Before exploring what a fish-raising boat should sound—or not sound—like, we need to understand what is known about fish hearing and what sixth sense pelagics use to hunt and locate prey.