401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
The doldrums have set in. This is the month where those oil-calm seas set in and the fish seem to turn off. For many, bent on trolling, the best strategy is to go in search of flotsam in the hope that it will harbour wahoo and dolphin.
Trolling along...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
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Tight Lines
The bowling and batting are over, most of the bunting taken down and perhaps a return to normalcy is in the air. Cricket fever recently dispatched, and marlin madness worn off, perhaps normal angling can resume as the height of high summer approaches...
DATE: Aug 04, 2018
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The Bermuda Marlin Triple Crown continues to run apace — and at what a pace! This week, in grouchier seas than generally preferred, the Bermuda Big Game Classic came to a conclusion, one that few would have predicted.
Here’s how it broke down: Captai...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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Tight Lines
Is the ocean paved with marlin? That is how it has seemed for the last couple of weeks. Although these productive local waters were unable to come up with something for the Blue Marlin World Cup, the coincidentally fished Bermuda Billfish Blast was a...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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Tight Lines
Southeasterly winds, rough seas and uncomfortable conditions. No surprise — typical weather for the start of this month’s billfish fest.
For some reason, despite great conditions before and after, the onset of marlin madness seems predicated on slopp...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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Tight Lines
The solstice has come and gone and the summer is now a reality as is the excitement that comes with the height of the angling season.
Although the major influx of foreign sport-fishing vessels will take place as soon as the berths in use for the Newp...
DATE: Jun 23, 2018
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Tight Lines
It is certainly hot enough to be summer, even if it doesn’t officially start until Thursday. Right now, there is another long weekend and one which may see the weather improving enough to make a venture offshore a realistic prospect. It won’t be lack...
DATE: Jun 16, 2018
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Tight Lines
Early sunrises, long days, more intense heat and rising humidity — it is summer in Bermuda and the reason why most locals have boats. While some prefer the thrill of sailing and others work variations on cruising, camping and picnicking, the real rea...
DATE: Jun 09, 2018
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Tight Lines
If one is in any doubt as to what time of year it is, a quick glance at the RBYC basin will reveal that there is an increasing number of foreign sport fishing boats coming to the island with big game on their minds.
Even though the big billfish event...
DATE: Jun 02, 2018
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Tight Lines
There, that’s the picnicking done and dusted. Maybe not on the traditional day, but a long weekend for most is always attractive. So, now is the time to restore the boat to the purpose for which it was purchased and, for many, that is to go fishing.
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DATE: May 26, 2018
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