Presented ByAs the highly anticipated kickoff to the summer season, the Kona Kick Off is a competitively priced “four flags” tournament that splits the base pot between the largest marlin, ahi, ono ...

Team Rum Knuckles shattered Grenada’s national blue marlin record with a 919-pound catch at the 2025 Spicy Tuna Tournament—an ...

MTU 12V 2000 M96X Courtesy Rolls Royce The highly successful MTU 12V 2000 M96L, rated at 1,945 hp, has now received a power upgrade to 2,002 hp and is named the MTU 12V 2000 M96X. The engines first ...

What They Do There are currently three companies that sell ­omnidirectional sonars: Furuno, Simrad and MAQ. Furuno was the earliest player in the sport-fishing game, releasing its first version, ...

The fleet of classics usually fished around the Outer Banks rather than traveling throughout the season. Courtesy Hatteras Marlin Club Membership Has Its Privileges Styron says: “In the early days, ...

Western-boundary currents, such as the Gulf Stream and the East Australian Current, carry tropical water and are preferred for targeting pelagics. The ephemeral nature of the famed canyons fishery off ...

Fishing the Great Barrier Reef isn’t for the faint of heart, but the rewards usually justify the efforts. Kelly Dalling Fallon To help answer this question and to learn more about this species, I ...

Discover the evolution of tagging billfish, from early efforts to , to groundbreaking satellite technology like the pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT). Learn how initiatives from groups like The ...

Modern-Day Piracy The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’s abbreviated definition of “piracy” is “any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for ...

Just because you might be the smallest boat in the fleet doesn’t mean you can’t compete with the big boys. Austin Coit Mention a center console among the sport-fishing teams in the Gulf of Mexico, and ...

While the rest of the family just considered boatbuilding a living, Ringhaver saw the potential adventures a boat could offer. He saw a future. “For years we sold award-winning shrimp boats all over ...

Fraser Island is located on Australia’s northeastern coast. Marlin A number of ancient rainforests are scattered throughout the island, and it’s one of the only places in the world where these lush ...