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Calm seas, light breezes, bright sunshine, but there won’t be much in the way of fishing this weekend; the good weather forecast notwithstanding. Mother’s Day has a way of shifting the normal onus off Mom on to everyone else and any notion of heading...

Funny how wintry conditions can suddenly disappear and summery weather becomes the norm. That is what is happening right now. Things are now settling down quite quickly; there are even high pressure ridges over the central Atlantic, a forerunner of ...

The very merry month of May is upon us and there can be no doubt that fishing season is at hand. Why? Because all the old books and magazines, not to mention tourism brochures, said so, that’s why. And also because the family is going to want the boa...

The weather through the week may not be doing too much to instil the thought of fishing in the heads of many but this should be ignored and attention paid to the calendar instead. Thus far there have been a few wahoo caught here and there; some of th...

Like a large, hairy mammal emerging from its hibernation, this column once again comes out to weather the spring and summer seasons. Having been in slumber there will be some catching up to do and a return to the clockwork. For some just surviving ye...

Crayton Greene, a champion fisherman whose camera business stood as a landmark for local photographers, has died at the age of 88. Originally from Boone County, West Virginia, Mr Greene was a self-professed “hillbilly” whose angling career started mo...

A fisherman’s whopping catch of a 110lb black grouper this week won praise from friends, who highlighted Chris Burgess as “a steward with a conscience” when it comes to protected species. Mr Burgess landed the giant off the Shore Shore near Castle Ha...

Record-breaking commercial fisherman David Soares is celebrating another big catch after landing a 471lb tuna. Mr Soares was fishing alone near Challenger Banks at about 10am on Friday when he hooked the massive bluefin tuna. He said: “I knew it was ...

Anglers spent about $4.6 million at the Bermuda Triple Crown Billfish Championship last year. Kevin Dallas, chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the annual summer event delivered a 25:1 return on the authority’s investment and broug...

The battle against invasive lionfish is set to heat up again next month in the fourth annual Winter Lionfish Derby. Organiser Corey Eddy, who published a PhD on lionfish in Bermuda, said he had high hopes for the monthlong event. Mr Eddy said: “I sta...

More than 120 predator fish have been removed from Bermuda’s waters thanks to a Lionfish Derby held by Royal Bermuda Regiment divers. The RBR Underwater Task Force teamed up with the Bermuda Lionfish Task Force for a team competition to help wipe ou...

A welcome long weekend before the annual holiday madness sets in. And although the fishing has been quite good this past week, the offshore forecast is sufficiently grim to dissuade even the most diehard angler from braving the briny to wet a line. ...