401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
Enough already! The active Atlantic has already pretty well exhausted this island and its willingness to batten down hatches, add hurricane lines, shift moorings and otherwise ready oneself for what is called “the tropical season”.
Perhaps one of th...
DATE: Sep 28, 2019
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Tight Lines
Decision made! It won’t be this weekend, that’s for sure. The RG Wahoo Tournament that is.
A firm decision taken by the organisers in a most timely manner. Not that there will be too many who will be complaining.
The amount of marine mayhem that to...
DATE: Sep 21, 2019
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Tight Lines
Fingers crossed, the weather will hold for the 53rd Royal Gazette Wahoo Tournament, one of the island’s oldest and best attended angling tournaments.
One of the few public tournaments to still feature line classes and to put an emphasis on the light...
DATE: Sep 14, 2019
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Tight Lines
Where has the year gone! This is the last weekend that features a summer holiday and many will be making a last-ditch attempt to head offshore, enjoy a boating picnic or simply soak up some sunshine before life returns to the humdrum world of work an...
DATE: Aug 31, 2019
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Tight Lines
The calm seas have dragged out plenty of anglers who would normally shun the heat that August brings
Happily, for most, there have been some rewards as the wahoo fishing is showing plenty of signs of picking up which augurs well for the awaited autum...
DATE: Aug 24, 2019
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Tight Lines
The passage of some frontal boundaries this past week made for a bit of a mixing of the deep ocean waters and this, hopefully, will prevent the formation of that so-called “green water” that the offshore angler does his best to avoid.
The fish don’t...
DATE: Aug 17, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
The doldrums are upon us! Not just the flat calm seas that are rolling on a long, lazy swell — these are described as “doldrums”, but also the lacklustre interest shown by most anglers with many shunning the heat and preferring to seek the solace of...
DATE: Aug 10, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Almost done, now! All the big billfish tournaments are in the past and only the Bermuda Blue Marlin Release Challenge is to come.
A tournament designed to attract lower-key participants, this is a single-day tournament and is based solely on release...
DATE: Jul 27, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Wow, what a week! And where to begin!
First off, the biggest story has to be the Blue Marlin World Cup; with something like 150 boats entered around the world and the big bucks at stake for a winner-take-all event, the competition was always going to...
DATE: Jul 06, 2019
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
High summer and it is moving at a pace with July nearly upon us! It is well into the fishing season now and the tournaments are coming fast and furious.
May and June are the month for the most traditional fishing with wahoo and tuna the primary targ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2019
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Tight Lines
