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Finally! Things are looking up. The suspicion that this year might see the return of the frigate mackerel after several years’ absence may be coming true. Certainly there are some mackerel available offshore that, although not quite frigate-sized, ar...

Divers have welcomed the latest Government guidelines governing recreational lobster fishing in Bermuda. Last week Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, announced that a maximum of 500 recreational fishing licences would be granted in the 2017-...

Things were a mite blustery offshore this week, even though this month is often associated with flat calm seas and a dearth of activity as the heat malaise sets in, affecting both anglers and fish. Many boats often turn to looking for bits of flotsam...

The sixth annual Bermuda Anglers Club Junior Fishing Tournament takes place on Sunday. The tournament is for boys and girls aged 16 and under, and if you do not have a boat, there is a category for children fishing from the shore. It is free to enter...

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...