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A group fishing for grey snapper caught more than they were expecting — a massive 14lbs spiny lobster. Captain Matthew Jones of Sanctuary Marine Bermuda said: “It was the biggest lobster I have ever seen. The biggest lobster a lot of people have ever...

A rather grim outlook for the next week or so, with all this weather making the news. Given that, the commercial fleet will be looking to make sure that their lobster gear is safe and this will further reduce the priority of seeking fin fish. The few...

Boy, did Bermuda dodge a bullet. Any number of dire predictions and vivid memories of the likes of Hurricane Emily, Fay and Gonzalo had people rushing around like bulls in a china shop, laying in emergency supplies. Thankfully, the storm did not liv...

Tropical Storm Karl has put a damper on any plans anyone had for getting out onto the water this weekend, no that there has not been a whole lot of fishing effort this past week or so. If the weather had been a bit more settled there is no doubt tha...

September continues and the fishing effort has taken a severe dip for a couple of reasons, one of which should be quite obvious. This refers to the commercial operators, most of whom are now shifting their focus away from finfish and redirecting it t...

More than 50 young people took to the ocean to compete in the 2016 Blue Waters Anglers Club’s annual Junior Fishing Tournament. The event, which has been a fixture for around 50 years, provides children between the ages of 5 and 16 the opportunity to...

A crew member of the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship has been fined after hooking an undersized protected species while fishing in Dockyard. At around 4pm on August 3, a fisheries warden spotted Filipino national Tapan Jerson near the Malabar area, M...

The Royal Gazette Wahoo Tournament was hailed a success, with more boats than usual bringing their catch to the weigh-in this weekend. While John Allan Barnes said many competitors came home only with stories about the one that got away, the overall ...

One of the island’s oldest fishing tournaments will be back for the 50th time on Sunday. About 36 boats and 150 anglers are set to compete in the The Royal Gazette Wahoo Tournament, the last big tournament of the season. Robert “Bobby” Rego, one of...

Ah, this is the way it should be. Finally, August is acting like it should with the hot days and calm seas being reminiscent of the scenes in Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The burst of mixing brought on by the passage of a tropical sys...

Summer at its Bermuda best! Last Sunday saw perfect conditions for the Billfish Release Challenge. This tournament already wisely postponed once was an enormous success with eight boats enjoying a great day on the water. A total of around seven fish...