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BBC to feature Bermuda’s thumb-sized predators

Bermuda’s humble sargassum fish is to be thrust into the limelight as the star of a sequence in The Blue Planet series narrated by David Attenborough. The British Broadcasting Corporation sent three members of crew to the Island in 2013 when they spe...
Nov 21, 2015
Opinion Writer

You don’t need fish for a successful trip

Late as the calendar might say that it is, the forecast for this weekend is almost summer-like. Warm enough to make it pleasantly cool offshore with gentle breezes, and seas that invite the angler to get in one last excursion before the holiday madne...
Nov 20, 2015
Opinion Writer

Locals seem uninterested in chasing world records

Surprise, surprise! A mid-November tropical system was the last thing that was expected, especially in conjunction with a public holiday, but that is exactly what happened this past week, making the offshore scene grouchy, to say the least. Certainly...
Nov 14, 2015
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Keen angler is hooked on big catches

He goes by the nickname “Happy” and Michael Robinson has certainly had good reason to be cheerful lately. The 52-year-old car washer has been turning heads in and round the docks of Hamilton Harbour. Not because of his exploits with the bucket and sp...
Nov 07, 2015
Opinion Writer

Sun is setting on Island’s fishing empire

The glory that was Greece, the grandeur that was Rome, the British Empire fading away; the same might be said of this Island. Once the North Atlantic Mecca for world records on light tackle, now there are only a few left held here and that has just d...
Nov 07, 2015
Opinion Writer

There are few treats to be had at this time of year

It looks like Bermuda has had whatever treats it is going to get this year, and the trick is to find enough in the way of fish over the next six months to justify even keeping a boat overboard. It is a bit of a conundrum that the official angling sea...
Oct 31, 2015
Opinion Writer

The trouble with paradise is that the fish leave

There seems to be trouble in paradise. The fishing is exceedingly poor and there is precious little effort being put in. The weather is always the first thing to be blamed and this year is no different. The northerly breezes have dropped the temperat...
Oct 24, 2015
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Practical boating seminar announced by WSC

The Bermuda Water Safety Council will next weekend be hosting a seminar focusing on the use of VHF marine radio and distress flares. “With nearly 4,000 boats on the water, there are many owners who have little or no experience,” said Bermuda Water S...
Oct 21, 2015
Opinion Writer

Blackfin tuna never stray too far from home

The weekend forecast is almost good enough to make an angler want to head offshore, but the threat of an easterly breeze and the chance of thunder is off-putting enough and, if the truth to be told, there is little to encourage anyone to drop everyth...
Oct 17, 2015
Opinion Writer

Put the boat away and concentrate on hogfish

Anything remotely resembling a fishing report would have to consist totally of lies and other tall tales spun by fishermen who have been kept ashore by blustery conditions and the arrival of Hurricane Joaquin. Joaquin’s moved out into the North Atlan...
Oct 10, 2015
Opinion Writer

Time and tide wait for no man

Time does indeed march on and it seems that the next thing on the agenda is Hallowe’en. Having said that, it needn’t mean that the fishing has to come to an end just yet. There are a few weekends left before winter really arrives with authority and p...
Oct 03, 2015
Opinion Writer

It is still too early to call for the fat lady

The first days of autumn indeed. The equinox may have come and gone but it seems more like high summer than anything else. There are so many who are reckoning that this past week has been the hottest of the year; with nary a puff of wind to ease the...
Sep 26, 2015
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