Offshore Fishing Archives

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

It seems as though every week Darcizzle (from Darcizzle Offshore) is upping her game and catching bigger and bigger fish.

And from the looks of it, she is turning a lot of heads as Salt Life Optics has sponsored her, she has an amazing looking “Darcizzle Offshore” boat, and her YouTube channel is blowing up!

She even has her own calendar out.

So how did she do in this offshore tournament (Boynton Beach Firefighters Tournament)?

Watch the video and find out.

And make sure to stick around until the end as she reveals her entire fishing setup.

April 14, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

This is how you land 22 Blue Marlin in 2 days in Los Suenos, Costa Rica (with Captain Jose Reyes on the “Miss Behavin”)

And although one of the two days had rain (so they couldn’t fly the drone), the one day of drone footage on this marlin video was top notch.

At the 3:16 mark, it looked like the marlin was going to hit the drone.

And if you have ever flown a drone with a GoPro, you know just how close the marlin really was to that wide lens GoPro camera…Holy smokes!

Great job guys. Looks like an amazing two days of marlin fishing.

A big thanks to Josh Kuder of Tampa for sending in this video. You are the man.

Brooks Kelm, Michael Herd, and HD Perkins = Salt Strong

P.S. – Do you know of a better marlin fishing drone video than this? Then let us know in the comments.

April 9, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Our friend Darcizzle (from Darcizzle Offshore) has been tearing it up lately on the water!

Just a week or so ago we featured her monster Snook (see that video here)…

She also recently posted a huge jack and a nice tarpon…

Our only guess is that ever since Darcizzle did the awesome Google Hangout interview with us (watch it here), that her fishing game has been on fire! (haha. Just kidding. This amazing female angler needs no good luck from us with her skills and passion).

At any rate, in this video Darcizzle is fishing on the bottom using only 20 pound leader (as she wasn’t going for sailfish), and gets an amazing surprise on the other end of her line…

A really nice sailfish (with a ton of energy).

Darcizzle has to be very careful with bringing this fish in, as the 20lb leader could snap at any moment with this large sailfish.

After a great fight (with a lot of great jumps), Darcizzle lands the beautiful sailfish with a “hands-free” release.

Darcizzle Offshore = Salt Strong

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

This is what it looks like when a small tuna on your line turns into a 600lb marlin in the flash of an eye…

And thankfully for all of us, the guys from Hold Your Breath Productions had the cameras rolling and the GoPros engaged, because this was a great video.

Not very often you get to capture the “food chain in action” like this.

In fact, their entire day was pretty amazing I would say.

Dolphins swimming with your boat, catching mahi-mahi, and then landing a 600 pound marlin (after a 2 hour fight) that was supposed to be a little tuna.

Well done gents!

Keep the great videos coming!

Hold Your Breath Productions = Salt Strong

April 4, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

These hard working, squid-catching fishermen have this whole squid-fishing thing down to a science.

And who would have thought you could catch these humboldt squid (one of the fastest growing animals on the planet) with these simple fishing lures?

And who would have thought you could pull so many up by hand? I always envisioned these things being caught in big nets…so good for you guys for doing it the old fashioned and less wasteful way!

WARNING: Now let me warn you, for any of you that get squeamish watching an animal getting cleaned and prepared for food, then you might want to stop this video at the 2:40 mark (after he throws the lure back in the water).

On the other hand, if you can appreciate a hard working angler that is out there busting hit butt to feed his family by catching squid by hook and hand line, and would like to see how quickly they clean a squid, then watch the entire video.

Hope you enjoy either way.

Hand-Line Squid Fishermen = Salt Strong

March 31, 2015March 27, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Wouldn’t it be amazing if a teenager could catch a 1,000+ fish and feed hundreds of people with it?

Well it happened recently off of Hawaii!

This is the footage from charter boat Ihu Nui (Hawaiian for “Big Nose”) that 16-year old Kai Rizzuto landed a monster blue marlin from…the beast of a blue marlin weighed 5 times as big as him (1,058 pounds and 14 feet long).

What is crazy is that the largest fish Kai had ever caught before this was 55 pounds!

Talk about leapfrogging to the top.

In fact, this “grander” marlin caught off of Hawaii by Kai might break a record of the first “grander” (a marlin over 1,000 pounds) ever caught by a teenager.

Even though this is a MONSTER blue marlin (that few ever get the chance to catch), it still fell almost 300 pounds short of the world record (which ironically was caught about 10 miles away in Hawaii from where Kai caught his beast).

After fighting the fish for 30 minutes, the marlin ended up dying, but the great news is here is that Kai is giving the tasty and protein rich meat to the local families, which can feed hundreds of people.

In my books, this is a Win-Win.

Kai Rizzuto = Salt Strong

March 19, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

This is pretty amazing footage of a huge marlin launching a dolphin (mahi/dorado) into the air while looking for his next meal…

And the first thing I thought of as I watched this for the second time was “That marlin is launching that dolphin around like an 8th cheerleader”.

According to the video author Mark Garry, this was around a 500-600 pound blue marlin and a 25 pound dorado, and this scene all occurred right it front of them, which was something not many people have ever witnessed before.

Needless to say, it probably didn’t end well for the dorado…

Also, this was all captured down in Los Seunos, Costa Rica.

Hope you enjoy.

Dolphin-Tossing Marlin = Salt Strong

June 26, 2015March 18, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

This huge marlin goes MENTAL on this boat and crew!

And just wait until you see how many incredible camera angles they captured of his “too green” marlin thrashing into the boat.

Make sure to watch it with all of the angles, and notice how each person reacts, etc.

And keep an eye out for the wood that flies up in the air…

This is amazing marlin footage!

You’ll probably watch this a few times like I did.

Mental Marlin = Salt Strong

February 27, 2015February 25, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

(this video was submitted by angler Bob Harbison)

If you have ever been out deep sea fishing on a charter boat, then you know the “Usual” routine…

Everyone drops their lines and everyone brings up a bunch of small fish…

But NOT on this fishing trip of a lifetime with Bob.

Huge tuna, snapper, and even a sailfish at the end.

This was perhaps the most (and largest) fish I have ever seen on a charter boat like this.

Thanks for sharing Bob!

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