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While no world records are set any more, a 10 to 12lb fish is a realistic target

Although you can be forgiven for not noticing, the summer has arrived, and the fishing season is in full swing. To set matters in perspective, the big sport fishing battlewagons that come here in search of big blue marlin have already started to sho...

BFCAT tournament is squeezed in despite inclement weather hitting the island

Hit and miss. That pretty much sums up the state of the offshore at the moment. The fluctuations in success can be really wild with the good days being excellent and the bad days, well, not much short of a blank. What might account for this is anyon...

Here we go, again! There is nothing like a false start to get a rise in interest and a renewed effort to make some progress. Simply put, the gods of the aeolian forces found cause to put paid to what would have been the first tournament of this seaso...

Well, here it is, finally: the long-awaited fishing season in all its official glory. But, boy, does it leave something to be desired. After a couple of weeks of promising fishing activity and the arrival of quantities of bait, the stage looked set f...

Some fast-paced action this week with plenty of wahoo being hauled in from around the island

Well, that is it; for sportfishing — another year gone. Back in the day, the Trade Development Board, a forerunner to the Department of Tourism, used to tout that the sportfishing season ran from May through November, but locals are keenly aware that...

Oh, horrors: the Eve of all Hallows is upon us! Having its origins in the Celtic traditions of Samhain and a general understanding that as the days shortened and winter chills started to set in, the separation between their world and the afterlife wa...

The end is nigh! Although there are still wahoo, tuna and even the odd dolphin offshore, the amount of offshore effort is reduced to that portion of their week that the commercial operators devote to finfish rather than lobsters. There are precious...