Cairns’ 2025 Black Marlin Season Delivers Giants and Sparks a Vital Ethics Debate
Record numbers, remarkable captures, and renewed scrutiny of gamefishing rules set the stage for a historic 2026 season on Australia’s famed Great Barrier Reef
Record numbers, remarkable captures, and renewed scrutiny of gamefishing rules set the stage for a historic 2026 season on Australia’s famed Great Barrier Reef
With unmatched numbers of grander black marlin, a legendary heavy-tackle season and access to both inshore and offshore action, the Great Barrier Reef stands alone as the world’s premier black marlin fishery
Billfish variety, easy travel access, and great onshore amenities define New South Wales’ famed coastline.
Anglers debate the challenge of catching blue and black marlin—from wild fights to remote habitats and unpredictable behaviors
A scientific expedition to Panama’s legendary waters leads to any angler’s dream achievement
Get back to the basics and see how spotting and interpreting bird activity can lead to success
Which hotspots have the potential to produce giant marlin and swordfish?
One little girl’s quest to catch her first sailfish in Panama
Bucket-list black-marlin encounters on the famed Great Barrier Reef
Taking an inside look at some of the photographs that capture not only a story, but the circumstances behind them as well
Bring another level to your bait-and-switch game for blue and black marlin
Possibly, but not in the same manner that humans feel it
Record numbers, remarkable captures, and renewed scrutiny of gamefishing rules set the stage for a historic 2026 season on Australia’s famed Great Barrier Reef
With unmatched numbers of grander black marlin, a legendary heavy-tackle season and access to both inshore and offshore action, the Great Barrier Reef stands alone as the world’s premier black marlin fishery
Billfish variety, easy travel access, and great onshore amenities define New South Wales’ famed coastline.
Anglers debate the challenge of catching blue and black marlin—from wild fights to remote habitats and unpredictable behaviors
A scientific expedition to Panama’s legendary waters leads to any angler’s dream achievement
Get back to the basics and see how spotting and interpreting bird activity can lead to success
Which hotspots have the potential to produce giant marlin and swordfish?
One little girl’s quest to catch her first sailfish in Panama
Bucket-list black-marlin encounters on the famed Great Barrier Reef
Taking an inside look at some of the photographs that capture not only a story, but the circumstances behind them as well
Bring another level to your bait-and-switch game for blue and black marlin
Possibly, but not in the same manner that humans feel it
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