More than 350 boats are fishing today seeking to land a white marlin or blue marlin worth $7 million as the White Marlin Open finishes in Ocean City, Maryland. No qualifying marlin have been brought ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bill Springer would rather be on a superyacht. And he often is. The White Marlin Open is a 49-year-old deep-sea fishing tournament ...

Billfish anglers have a lot to be proud of in terms of conservation over the past several decades. The adoption of circle hooks has done wonders for both increasing the number of fish we see in our ...

To many participants — as well as casual observers — those are the two main criteria by which successful big-game tournaments are judged. But there are other benchmarks aside from 500-pound marlin and ...

Capt. Bouncer Smith, 72, of Miami Beach retired June 1 as skipper of Bouncer’s Dusky 33 after 54 years as a charter captain. Steve Waters During his 54-year career as a charter captain, Bouncer Smith ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Thursday morning boats paraded down the beach in anticipation of the official start of the 2025 Bay Point Billfish Open. “We had a coast guard flyover and they took off ...

Kenyan marine biologist Nelly Isigi Kadagi grew up a rough, 17-hour drive away from the sea, but now she is one of the key figures in the conservation of some of the biggest, most mysterious fish in ...

The crew aboard Sirai Sea celebrate the rare feat of capturing five different billfish species in a single day – the coveted Billfish Fantasy Slam. Credit Dave Lewis Special delivery: Sign up for the ...

(CN) — Overfishing has been threatening the ocean ecosystem for almost as long as commercial fishing has existed, but despite modern attempts to hold back the loss of species and genetic biodiversity ...

Simrad, world-leader in the design and manufacturer of marine electronics, announced today that it has joined The Billfish Foundation and is one of their 2014 tagging program sponsors. The Foundation ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -It is a big week ahead for Point South Marina at Bay Point and the folks running the Bay Point Billfish Open. Though that event doesn’t officially get started until ...