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New name, same fish: Largemouth bass are now Florida bassGenetics studies confirmed what many anglers and biologists have believed for a long time – Florida bass are special! Florida’s most popular freshwater game fish has a new name. The American Fisheries Society established the Florida bass as a separate species from the largemouth bass. This means that in most of Florida (except the western Panhandle) what was known as a largemouth bass is now called a Florida bass. This name change will aff …

It’s the largest Atlantic blue marlin caught in decades, and just 32 pounds shy of the IGFA all-tackle world recordBY BOB MCNALLY | PUBLISHED MAY 20, 2022 5:56 PMouth African citrus farmer Ben Vorster, 50, was fishing aboard the 37-foot Bertram charter boat Smoker with renowned Capt. Ryan “Roo” Williamson the morning of May 19 when he hooked into one of the biggest Atlantic blue marlin ever caught on a rod and reel. The crew was trolling off Africa’s central-west coast near Mindelo, Cape Verde, …

An unlikely catch from a known big-fish localeBy Sam White, Marlin MagazineApril 13, 2021Arthur Teriipaia with his 1,106-pound blue marlin from Moorea.  Courtesy Arthur TeriipaiaWhen Arthur Teriipaia set out for a day of fishing off the French Polynesian island of Moorea in the South Pacific, he probably had no idea he would encounter what most would call the fish of a lifetime: a blue marlin weighing more than 1,000 pounds. It’s Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, writ large and in …

Giant Bluefin Tuna caught in BermudaThird generation fisherman David Soares landed the biggest tuna caught in Bermuda’s waters on Saturday morning 14 January 2017)  and he did so single-handedly in 15 minutes flat.The Bermudian, who said he has had it confirmed by the fisheries department that the 1004lb giant bluefin tuna that landed on his boat was the heaviest recorded in the island’s history, was also responsible for the previous record catch — a 1003lb tuna landed in the same fishing g …

Congrats to the Blue Bird fishing team. Fishing out of the Dominican Republic they set and broke their own record on blue marlin releases on 3 consecutive days with a new Atlantic record of 23 releases on the 3rd day. Incredible!This is some really, really, REALLY good fishing.Well done guys.....Need 23 Blue Marlin replicas??? …