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It’s August and it is hot! This has a number of effects on the fishing scene, with much of the effect being on the anglers, many of whom simply refuse to brave the heat and a possible dose of sunstroke. An antidote for this might be to concentrate on...

A limit drastically curtailing lobster fishing licences just weeks before the season resumes has taken the community by surprise. “It’s like a secret edict,” said longstanding fisherman Ted Gauntlett, about restrictions that would bar hundreds from a...

Livingston McKenzie tirelessly fishes at his favourite spot just outside the mouth of Devonshire Bay and his patience paid off just before Cup Match with a prize catch: a rockfish weighing more than 100lbs. Most visitors to the South Shore inlet pref...

Wow, with Cup Match now over, it is just about time to start looking forward to pumpkins and Hallowe’en. The rate at which a year can zip by is amazing. The weather took a turn for the worse over the holiday with the remnants of some seasonal tropica...

With the end of the month now firmly in sight, it will soon be time to bid farewell to the foreign sport fishing fleet that has endured a torrid month of some of the best billfishing the planet has to offer. With it there will be a return to the more...

It’s hard to keep pace with rapidly moving targets and there is no doubt that the summer billfish scene moves with plenty of pace. A quick blue marlin release for Captain Brian Hines’ Legasea in the early afternoon of the Saturday moved the team to t...

The name of the game is billfish and, really, blue marlin as they are the life and soul of these big money competitions. Perhaps surprisingly, the “little” fish in the form of white marlin, spearfish and sailfish can make a difference as each catch a...

Who would have thought it? The 2017 Blue Marlin World Cup turned up a really interesting result; one that very few would have foreseen. As it turned out, there were 144 entries from just about everywhere blue marlin may roam. Boats, seeking their for...

It’s July and time to fish! With the America’s Cup finally drawing to a close, the visiting fleet will be giving up a spectator sport and switching its concentration on to the deep blue that surrounds this island. While seemingly countless craft outl...

It is a simply gorgeous Bermudaful day, ideal for a spot of fishing. The seas are calm, the breezes are light; it is all so inviting. You arrive at the southeastern corner of Challenger Bank having trolled most of the length of the inside edge withou...

Hot enough for you, yet? To be sure, the humidity is getting up there and while, thankfully, there has been some rain, there are more dry days ahead. In the wee hours of Wednesday, the summer solstice will occur and that will be the longest day of th...

All good things come to those who wait — and local anglers have waited long enough! It is fair to say that the fishing season is now in full swing. This week the wahoo definitely took a back seat to the arrival, in numbers, of yellowfin tuna. Better ...