Billfish Archives

August 12, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

If you are into Marlin fishing, the ultimate bucket list for most marlin anglers is to land a “Grander”.

A “Grander” marlin is any type of marlin that weighs 1,000 pounds or more (usually a black marlin or a blue marlin).

And not that many anglers ever get to claim they landed a grander marlin. In fact, there were only 38 Granders landed worldwide in all of 2014 according to GranderWatch.com (yes, there is even a site dedicated to it).

So when Matt Watson from “The Ultimate Fishing Show” had one of the biggest marlins he had encountered hooked up on his boat near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, nothing was going to stop him from witnessing what could be a world record marlin…

Not even peeing his pants.

That’s right, he literally pees in his shorts because he didn’t want to miss a minute of the action. Now that is a dedicated angler!

I won’t ruin what happens to the marlin, but let’s just say there are some MONSTER fish near the Great Barrier Reef. Wow!

Related Video: “Watch What Happened When This Crew Set Out To Catch 500 Marlin In A Single Year!” (watch it here)

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July 14, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

422.

That was the current world record in terms of total marlin caught and released in a single year.

That was until Team Carol Libby set out to beat the existing “422” marlin fishing world record…

And what happened was truly incredible.

Check out the final numbers the crew ended up with for the year. Pretty sick!

Team Carol Libby Stats – 2014:

Most Blue Marlin Released in a Single- Season: 884 [old record: 422]
Most Blue Marlin Tagged in a Single-Season: 589
Most Blue Marlin Released in One Day: 34
Most Blue Marlin Released in One Day by a Single Angler: 22

You’ve got to see for yourself in the video highlight below. Awesome job crew!

And great job to Pelagic Gear for documenting it all.

Related Video: “Mako Shark Attacks Big Marlin Right in Front of Diver!” (watch it here)

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June 16, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

This shark attack video is nuts!

And this guy (Al McGlashan) is pretty lucky that this big Mako Shark didn’t come after him as he jumped in the water to get some footage of the Marlin they just caught.

Related: Bizarre Blue Marlin Almost Kills Himself on the Beach (watch it here)

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June 9, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

That’s no typo folks.

These people released 197 Sailfish in 4 days. They even landed (and released) a Blue Marlin during their 4-day fish-fest just to spice things up a bit…

So where did all of this sailfish madness take place?

It was down in the sailfish mecca known as Los Suenos, Costa Rica… and the people in the video are the Tambass Charters team, along with the crew of Fish Tank.

According to the group, they had multiple double sailfish hook-ups, a triple sailfish hookup, and even a 5 banger hookup! That is crazy!

Who’s coming with me to Los Suenos to fish with the “Fish Tank?

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May 27, 2015May 25, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Did you know that these Atlantic Sailfish can reach speeds up to 68 miles per hour! That is faster than a Prius!

Now you know why we thought Roberta Mancina was so crazy to go swimming with sailfish in the wild video she made (you can see it here).

Although you never see a human in this video below, there was clearly a dare-devil on the other end of this camera to make this video, and he or she just might be the STRONGEST (and bravest) person of the week.

Just wait until you see how close these super-fast sailfish get next to the camera why they are hunting!

It is so cool to see these fast fish spear the bait all while moving in a thousand different directions. Not to mention, check out how the sailfish changes color as it hunts.

Pretty amazing stuff!

If you like this video below, please don’t forget to share with your friends.

May 16, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

These underwater dredge cameras are so cool!

It is amazing to see what kind of fish are coming up right under your boat while you troll. Pretty wild stuff.

In this video, I was in awe at how many tuna were coming up to check out the boat and the dredge.

And just when I thought the video was over (around the 3-minute mark), the boat cranks back up and some nice white marlin start coming up to the dredge!

White Marlin Bonus!

And if you didn’t see the VIRAL tuna video called “Diver Gets Run Over by Tuna in Unbelievable Feeding Frenzy”, click here to watch it next)

Enjoy, and don’t forget to “SHARE” with your fishing friends. POW!

May 16, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

When I think fishing for sailfish, the last thing I think of is catching them on anything but a rod and reel.

And I certainly didn’t I think I would see someone in Pompano Beach, FL catching a sailfish on a Cuban YoYo!

But Team Googan strikes again!

Yes, this is the same lip gripping, line ripping, bad a$$ angler from south Florida that:

Caught the two slot snook from a Spiderman rod (see that video here)
Catches a nice snook on the same YOYO from his kayak (see that video here)

So hat’s off to our friend Team Googan down in South Florida for catching a sailfish with a Cuban YoYo!

Simply amazing video man (and well-paired music as well)!

Enjoy and don’t forget to SHARE this with a friend that loves fishing! Pa-POW!

May 14, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

This is incredibly rare marlin footage!

Why?

Because Blue Marlin are rarely ever spotted near the shore like this. Probably why one on-looker thought it was a shark at first.

Although this just hit the Internet in the past two days (so no one really knows the exact cause of this marlin’s erratic behavior), some locals say the marlin was sick.

It was certainly not “Retarded” as the guy behind the camera said. We debated even showing this video due to his poor choice of words, but we hope it will open your eyes to how inappropriate it sounds to call a person, animal, or anything “Retarded”.

Not cool.

At any rate, enjoy this amazingly rare blue marlin on beach footage, and don’t forget to SHARE with a friend!

And thanks to the Sailsmen Fishing Team for sharing this with us.

April 22, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

The Marlin is a fascinating creature.

It is a prized billfish for most offshore anglers, it has the ability to change color depending on its mood, feeding habits, etc, and some marlin can get over 1,000 pounds on the scale!

What many people wonder is how do they attack with such precision since they have that long bill in the way? Well as you can see from this video of a marlin attacking a lure, they don’t have much trouble at all.

Great footage!

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