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It rather looks like a sudden movement from the sublime to the ridiculous has heralded the swan song to this year’s angling season. Put in realistic terms, a commercial boat goes out one day and scores a dozen or more prime wahoo, only to return to t...

At the risk of putting one’s mouth on it, the adage of “October, all over” comes to mind. While there have been hurricanes in the Bermuda area during that month, certainly the most memorable cyclones of recent years, Emily and Fabian, took place in S...

It is becoming apparent that the angling season is coming to a close. Not the fishing season — that still has some weeks to run before it too becomes stymied as the winter gales take their toll on fishable days and the falling temperatures convince t...

How do you judge the success of a tournament? Is it the size of the fish? The success rate? The winners? The losers? The weather conditions? No matter which criteria you might want to use, it is pretty hard to call this year’s Royal Gazette Wahoo Tou...

September, start of lobster season and final month of the angling calendar, to all intents and purposes, is already here! It hardly seems possible that so much time has flown by and now, with a mediocre year behind us, comes the expectation of a fina...

Rain, rain and more rain! All that should have given us some sympathy for Noah, but then throw in a midweek blow and the fishing scene has had little to offer this past week or so. Even the commercial fleet has been hampered by these unseasonable co...

This is ridiculous! Here it is the hottest month of the year, when the fishing should be approaching its best and the sea conditions about as welcoming as they ever are and what is happening — pretty much nothing! In the normal scheme of things, Augu...

Has everyone taken leave of their senses? Just because the Discovery Channel is hosting its annual Shark Week feature, that is no reason for otherwise sane and sensible anglers to suddenly start actively fishing for the critters. And it seems to be a...

Summer doldrums: hot, calm and even the fish seem to take a break — it may be not the best time for the angler, although there are good arguments to the contrary. To start with, the forecast for the weekend is ideal for a voyage offshore and, while t...

Had enough of picnics, barbecues, raft ups and camping? With still some time left for most of us in the long holiday weekend, the smart option is to take advantage of the predicted calm weather and to head offshore for some sport. This can have the a...