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2023-02-10 04:31
Capt. Luke Fallon has run KEKOA since its launch in February 2010. Previously to the 56 O’Brien, Luke also ran the previous KEKOA from 2006 to 2009 (47 foot O’Brien Boatworks).
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2023-02-10 03:56
Viking II is synonymous with the late Bill Billson and are one of the better known boat/skipper combinations fishing the Great Barrier Reef.
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2021-02-14 22:28
14 boats consisting of 45 lady anglers and 1 junior lady fished for 9 hours in very sloppy conditions. There were 55 strikes, 39 hook for 29 fish tagged. Those were: 16 Black Marlin. 7 Strip… Read More
2021-02-12 05:36
PhD researcher Laura Smith from the University of Queensland is undertaking a study with aims to increase knowledge about sailfish in Australian waters, and further afield. The three main co… Read More
2021-02-11 02:18
A total of 21 boats entered, consisting of 55 senior male, 7 senior female, 5 junior male & 1 junior female angler (68 anglers in total). There were 96 strikes, 84 hook ups, 52 Tag/captu… Read More
2021-02-07 21:30
Ulladulla Jess Sams Congratulations to tournament winners with the top three placings: Pro-Fish-Ent 148000 Shimano Tomahawk 138000 Mercury Side Effect 97500 As previously reported on the soc… Read More
2021-01-27 22:19
2021 signals a post-covid return to tournament fishing and the year has kicked off with some great results already in January. Most notable is the Gold Coast’s Light Tackle Masters in… Read More
2021-01-17 22:19
Another year of hot Gold Coast light tackle fishing during the annual migration of black marlin is making this a destination not to miss over the summer! Some amazing numbers have been achie… Read More
2020-12-17 22:59
Congratulations to Capt. Eddy Lawler of Peak Sport Fishing and his team on Black Marlin for taking out the win with 6 blues and 2 blacks for the 3 days. They also released a stripe without t… Read More
2020-12-13 21:40
The annual run of small black marlin and sailfish has well and truly begun on the Sunshine Coast with some boats already recording impressive numbers. The first report that heralded th… Read More
2020-12-05 21:52
It’s peak marlin season over in Exmouth and the fishing has been red hot. The warmer months are a great time of year to be fishing Exmouth, and with more border openings due next week… Read More
2020-11-25 20:30
A quite note first: Black Marlin Blog is for sale! As you can note from my postings this year during Covid 19, my priorities have changed and my heart is no longer with this site. But as its… Read More
2020-11-09 20:31
With the writing of this report the fleet are mostly fishing south now towards Cairns. While it is a much smaller charter fleet than usual this year due to Covid’s effect on bookings v… Read More
2020-10-28 19:42
Catching up earlier in the week, Capt. Adam Jordan’s Iona II on a run of quality fish including a fish that Adam put at over 1100lbs. Adam said it was over two hours fighting and she s… Read More
2020-10-24 22:18
Big fish day yesterday! Its late October and well over a month later than normal and most of the fleet are fishing with the delay thanks to Covid 19 and travel restrictions. But first the da… Read More
2020-10-18 19:32
More reports from Cairns. Capt. Jason Legg’s Topwater Sport Fishing and Black Ops is on the reef and recorded 2 from 3 on smaller models on Friday. Capt. Chris “Sharky” Mil… Read More
2020-10-15 19:02
I’ve been asked again and again if I’m blogging the Cairns marlin season this year. The answer is of course yes if I get any reports. But I’m not getting any. 🤷&zwj&hell…Read More
2020-10-07 18:20
Hastings Deering Weipa Billfish 10th Anniversary Tournament The tournament was in doubt a few days prior to Saturday’s start with weather warnings being issued for the weekend. Luckily… Read More
2020-09-28 21:00
Hot fishing for Capt. Eddy Lawers Peak Sport Fishing yesterday with a grand slam made up of 6-6-4 striped marlin, 4-3-1 blue marlin and 1-1-1 black marlin. Fish has been good with both blues… Read More
2020-09-20 19:37
Young Lily Sims has had an awesome few months of fishing off Cairns honing her skills and now has several potential records to show for it. Topping it all off yesterday with a new Potential… Read More
2020-09-09 20:40
The coronavirus has hit our industry, like many others hard. Overseas travelers are not allowed to enter Australia for the foreseeable future (at least into 2021) and so many bookings have b… Read More
2020-08-25 22:59
Results: Telstra Business Centre Cairns Bluewater Billfish COVID Crisis Tournament 14 Boats with 11 in the Over 7.5m category and 3 in the Under 7.5M category fished the two days for a total… Read More
2020-08-23 21:30
The Cairns Bluewater Billfish Tournament was held over the weekend as a Covid era 2 day shortened fishing event with 14 teams competing. But the fish did not distance with them showing up in… Read More
2020-08-20 00:14
Dylan Rogers reports Blue Girl fished Cairns Wednesday last week for a 5-4-2 on juvie blacks and followed up again yesterday morning for another! And Barra Bunt 5-2-2 yesterday as well. Step… Read More
2020-08-15 03:30
Daily updates! Day 1 After the traditional BBQ breakfast and sailpast the 25 teams competing raced to the grounds where the first billfish of the day was reported for angler Matt Murphy on R… Read More
2020-08-10 17:36
Recapture! It’s always exciting and interesting when you receive news of a recaptured fish that was previously tagged and that happened yesterday when The Chapel reported back a sailfi… Read More
2020-08-02 21:43
The annual Broome Billfish Classic is on and judging from the first couple of days fishing its going to be another cracker. Tournament base reported 100 sails tagged by 10am on the first day… Read More
2020-07-26 20:30
The Weipa sails are on! Mark Bowlen’s Who’s Your Daddy went 16-14-10 on sails yesterday with new Weipa Billfish Club member Lorinda Billing tagging her first ever sail and follow… Read More
2020-07-19 21:54
Another week another great result for the little black marlin. Fishing off Cairns yesterday, Capt. Darren Haydon at the helm of Bounty Hunter recorded a 6 from 9 with 11 raised in total as w… Read More
2020-07-12 21:04
Fraser Island While slowed a little from the previous week the little black bite continued on the east side of Fraser Island over the past week. Capt. Jason Legg’s Black Ops spent a to… Read More
2020-07-05 21:07
Light tackle has been firing once again off the eastern side of Fraser Island with the little blacks hot on the bite last week. Club boats from SCGFC once again taking advantage of the bite… Read More
2020-06-30 00:39
And I’m back! Thank you for your patience over the lockdown period. Although travel restrictions are in place, lockdown is mostly over and so we are back fishing (in the case of charte… Read More
2020-04-15 22:27
You’ve probably all noticed that I have elected not to blog during the Australian lockdown. I personally believe that we all have a role to play in flattening the curve and keeping oth… Read More
2020-04-03 04:52
Sharing #fishingflashbacks until we’re fishing again #covid19 #lockdown A few similar pics of big black marlin on the Great Barrier Reef and the stories that go with. At top: Shared by… Read More
2020-03-29 19:38
Overnight the Australian government directed Australians to only be leaving their homes for one of four reasons: Shopping for essentials Exercising (your family isolation group or with one o… Read More
2020-03-23 04:39
With travel restrictions in place internationally and the states here in Australia introducing similarly, as well as social distancing guidelines, it’s hitting the fishing charter indu… Read More
2020-03-15 21:29
Some more great fishing continuing at Port Stephens this week. Best of the bunch on Mike and Hayley Bonnic’s Zorro who went 16 from 20 made up of 10 stripes and 6 blacks! Bruce Rayment… Read More
2020-03-08 22:44
Back to Tanga 12 The Garmin Back to Tanga 12 was held fishing Friday and unfortunately called off on Saturday making it a one day event. 29 boats competed with Nathan Young’s brand new… Read More
2020-03-01 20:37
The Gold Coast took back its crown as the summer hot spot this past week with weather allowing a few spectacular days fishing. On Friday, Nathan Wakefield’s Relentless released 15 from… Read More
2020-02-23 22:53
Anglers on 110 boats competing enjoyed fantastic fishing for the three days of the main NSW Interclub competition with a total of 428 marlin recorded for teams. Champion Boat T&R from Sy… Read More
2020-02-20 21:19
Move over Gold Coast. Port Stephens is firing right on queue! NSW Interclub started Thursday with the Ladies Day and main comp today Friday. Good luck to all competing. It was a double digit… Read More
2020-02-16 21:15
Gold Coast The Gold Coast has been the hot spot of the the summer and the great fishing even ramped up a level yesterday! Jesse Hill fishing his trailer boat Reel Teaser 2 up with Adam Argus… Read More
2020-02-09 21:13
Ulladulla Jess Sams The Ulladulla Game Fishing Club hosted its 82nd Annual Jess Sams Game Fishing Tournament as a Bush Fire Appeal last weekend raising over $30,000 for the local RFS units!… Read More
2020-02-03 20:50
Proving that if the bait is there, the fish hang around, a great recapture story from the weekend on board James Holt’s French Look 3. Not only was the fish originally tagged and… Read More
2020-01-28 22:21
Big long weekend of fishing all the way along the coast and so many great numbers. Huge numbers on the Gold Coast and James Holt and the boys have been making a masterclass of it on both his… Read More
2020-01-19 20:48
Again we are seeing the little blacks moving down the coast with Luke Bannon trailering to South West Rocks this past week and going 5-5-3. Luke had his 9 year old son Zane with him who got… Read More
2020-01-15 20:46
Capt. Ross McCubbin was at it again yesterday on Reel Busy with Craig going 4 from 7 black marlin on lures, switchbaiting and live baiting for variety. Ross says he marked a lot of fish and… Read More
2020-01-10 21:13
Its good to see the juvenile black marlin making their way down the coast. This week Ant Dimech (Big Banana) went 7 from 7 on the NSW North Coast as the fish make their way through. Anthony… Read More
2020-01-05 21:37
A great start to the year fishing both coasts continued over the first weekend of the year with the reports thick and fast! Starting on the Sunshine Coast: Sunshine Coast Mooloolaba GFC club… Read More
2020-01-01 20:55
Wishing you all a big start to your marlin fishing in 2020! Look forward to hearing all about it via reports again in 2020. Catching up over the last few days since Christmas: Its gone a lit… Read More
2019-12-21 23:08
Plenty of great days on the water this week in the leadup to Christmas and with this report I’ll be taking a few days off over the holidays. Wishing you all the best and a fantastic en… Read More
2019-12-15 22:41
Blue marlin fever once again off the Sunshine Coast. Mick Scott’s Reel Crazy enjoyed some hot fishing on Thursday. Two bue marlin virgins Jason and Beau caught their first two blues ea… Read More
2019-12-12 20:30
The summer season in SEQ has well and truly started on a high with boats continuing their blue marlin run this week. On the Sunshine Coast on Monday Capt. Luke Fallon’s KEKOA went 4 fr… Read More
2019-12-08 20:52
Some awesome fishing all along the coast over the last few days and wrapped up over the weekend. Starting at the top! Late Season Cairns Capt. Steve Ahlers Hellraiser is now back home i… Read More
2019-12-05 21:24
Boats fishing from the Gold Coast through to the Sunshine Coast are enjoying a big blue marlin bite at present with some crews achieving big number days not seen ex-Brisbane for a while.&nbs&hell…Read More
2019-11-29 20:57
Cairns Season 2019 As the Cairns giant black marlin season continues to wrap up for a lot of the charter fleet this week its great to hear there are still a few good fish around. Capt. Tim R… Read More
2019-11-24 21:06
Cairns Late Season Late season fishing is hot with some big fish around. Capt. Chris “Sharky” Miles’ Katana wrapped up his season this week with regulars the Fischer boys w… Read More
2019-11-22 22:03
As I’ve been traveling I haven’t had a chance to update from the last few days of fishing… so here it is! There has been some more great fishing on the reef this week. The… Read More
2019-11-18 20:24
We had 26 boats enter the tournament which consisted of 85 anglers. There were 140 strikes, 108 hook ups and 70 fish which included 32 Blue marlin, 13 black marlin, 1 striped marlin, 11 mahi… Read More
2019-11-15 20:06
Capt. Tim Richardson on Tradition is continuing his good run at Cairns in 2019 with a top day yesterday going 4 from 4 to 850lbs. Beside the bigger black Tim says that one of those fish was… Read More
2019-11-13 20:37
Thinking of fishing the reef in 2020 or 2021? I’ve partnered with the IGFA to put together a destination guide for the GBR as THE giant black marlin fishing destination. All you need t… Read More
2019-11-11 22:17
The Caelli family’s Assegai had a great trip fishing Fraser Island this week for 3 and a half days for 13 blues and 1 stripe. Ben says they raised plenty more that didn’t bite an… Read More
2019-11-09 21:44
It’s been a crazy good week of fishing on the reef again this week although internet reception is making it hard to share, here’s the catch up report! Capt. Daniel McCarthy&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-11-05 21:34
Updated from Amanda on Zulu with Capt. Casey Dent. Amanda reports some awesome fishing over the past few days for the Zulu team and return client Brett Matterson on a big fish that just did… Read More
2019-11-01 22:35
Firing! We’ve had lots of false starts this season but it seems like the season is kicking in to high gear now with good fish showing up all along. I’ve had trouble with the inte… Read More
2019-10-29 19:22
On the first day of a new trip Capt. Brett Goetze on Amokura continued his big run with a fish he estimated at 900lbs for first time marlin angler Craig. That gives them 5 big fish now… Read More
2019-10-28 19:46
Hot blues fishing at Fraser Island Sunday Grant Thomson’s Cjig was 4 from 9 blue marlin. They followed up yesterday with 2 from 7 including losing a nice one! Great to see the numbers… Read More
2019-10-27 01:10
Report in from Capt. Brett Goetze’s Amokura this morning notching up an outstanding day on the reef yesterday. Brett reports that the fishing has ramped up for them with 21 bites in th… Read More
2019-10-25 19:49
Word in that Fraser Island is firing ahead of next month’s Hervey Bay Game Fishing Club Comp 15-17 November. Peter Collings’ Bluewater reported a 27-25-15 for the past 5 da… Read More
2019-10-24 19:57
Sea Fever’s Capt. Ashley Matthews on Reel Easy wrapped up his four day trip with 79 year old angler Ian from the UK yesterday on another high releasing a fish that Ashley put at 750lbs… Read More
2019-10-22 22:04
Some really good days fishing over the past few days for boats in the hot spot. Capt. Ashley Matthew’s Reel Easy has just started his season and the timing was right for him to get rig… Read More
2019-10-20 19:41
A great way to start a new trip is with a big fish and this happened for the team on board Capt. Casey Dent’s Zulu yesterday with angler Craig releasing this fish on the first day of a… Read More
2019-10-19 19:42
Outside of Cairns there’s also plenty of good fishing happening. WA Over in the west, Blue Lightning Charters are into the blues at the Montebello Islands. Fishing with Carmen and Grah… Read More
2019-10-18 20:18
More big fish were making themselves known yesterday all along the reef as the season finally kicks into gear. Capt. Luke Fallon’s KEKOA went two from three including a nice big fish f… Read More
2019-10-17 19:45
There have been a few more bigger fish making themselves known over the past few days. Topwater Sport Fishing’s Capt. Jason Legg on Black Ops released one estimated at 800lbs and misse… Read More
2019-10-16 19:59
Well the first successful release of a grander black marlin of the 2019 season was finally reported yesterday with word from Grant Thomsen fishing on board the big Maritimo Serendipity with… Read More
2019-10-13 22:11
Although boats are still struggling this season for numbers and size, the last couple of days fishing have given a glimmer of hope it may be about to happen. Report in last night from Capt… Read More
2019-10-11 19:36
It’s been a hard week to get online! And so if you are able, I highly encourage you to follow the blog on Instagram or Facebook as I’ve been able to upload quick photo reports th… Read More
2019-10-08 19:48
Fraser Island light tackle firing Travis Byrne fished his trailer boat at Fraser for 2 and a bit days for 9 from 14 little blacks. A few days earlier Sunshine Coast GFC-ers on board Michael… Read More
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