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Bisbee's, Oct. 27, 2020—The three Bisbee family tournaments wrapped up another record-breaking year as all three 2020 events offered from $1 million to over $4 million while conforming with Government-dictated COVID-19 protocols in Cabo San Lucas. The East Cape Offshore finished August 7th with 72 teams and had a total payout of $1,110,050, the largest payout in its history. The Los... [Read More...]

CABO SAN LUCAS, BCS, Mex. Oct.19, 2020—The 2020 season of the Bisbee’s family tournaments continues even as the COVID-19 Pandemic swirls worldwide. In the second event of the year, the Los Cabos Offshore marlin tournament shattered both attendance records and the total payout amount.  The two-day event awarded eight of the 127 participating teams with its 769 anglers from around... [Read More...]

Dan Jacobs, Tournament Director, Los Cabos, Oct. 16, 2020—The 2020 Los Cabos Billfish Tournament received 49 teams competing for $742,500 in purse plus trophies and prizes. The fleet recorded 70 billfish catches including 13 blue, three black and 55 striped marlin. The qualified marlin included an impressive 593 black caught aboard Stella June, 312 blue marlin aboard Artemis, 396 black... [Read More...]

The leaderboard is stacked and heavy with notables. Yet a busy weekend has left us with a major shakeup in the Captain of the Year Cup leaderboard presented by Hatteras. Following a first place showing in the release division of the White Marlin Open, Capt. Russell Sinclair and crew aboard Wave Paver were most recently awarded high point boat in... [Read More...]

The MidAtlantic—The final day of the 2020 MidAtlantic dawned sunny though a light breeze kept temperatures cool as the 163 boats headed out on Day Five into calm seas offshore. With a 91-pound white marlin leading the category, admittedly everyone in the tournament acknowledged that number would be hard to beat. In the tournament’s 29-year history only five white marlin... [Read More...]

Slant Heads Vs. Cupped Heads: Action Makes the Difference Tech Talk By Capt. Bart Miller of Black Bart Lures From InTheBite Vault As far back as I can remember, lure designs were very basic: bullet-shaped heads and slant heads. Slant heads fell into two categories, one being a tube-shaped head with a slant nose; the other being a cylinder-shaped, tapered... [Read More...]

By Captain Chris Sheeder A single hook rig for billfish is not anything new or earth shattering, but in the flyfishing community it is a somewhat new concept and seems to be a hard switch for many. Guatemala was at the forefront of the circle hook revolution and one of the first to push its beneficial results onto the rest... [Read More...]

Jose “Poncho” Brenes and Steven Fallas, now captain on the Reel Fly, have been accustomed to keeping an organized and steady flow of baits when fishing the seamounts off Costa Rica. The following are a few tricks of the trade that worked well in the past. 1. Green ILAND Cruiser Lure over a Small Yellowfin Teaser Poncho and Steven rig... [Read More...]

Chip Byrd is the first mate on Artemis. In addition to being a hell of a fisherman, Chip is well-traveled and innovative in his approach to cockpit work. The following is a list of tackle tips from Chip’s bag of tricks. 1. Cinching your knots with Bert’s Bees—Chip uses chapstick to lubricate his connections, cinching them tightly and securely. Using... [Read More...]

Year in, year out few crews have caught more white marlin or experience more tournament success than Captain Harvey Shiflet and mate Frank Riganto on the Anticipation – a Virginia Beach-based Spencer. Here is some cockpit insight provided by Frank. An Easy Reminder Write the dredge deployment distance on a piece of electrical tape and put near the digital counter... [Read More...]