WHEW!!! Relief at last!!! after a few days with no marlin action today we hit the jackpot with real nice one about 650lbs that put on an awesome show and give Paul a big stretch on the leader as the frames from todays videos will show. The fish came up on the scad in front […]

Well the weather the last few dasy has been outstanding, 10-15 knots and just wonderful after the big wind of the comp. The fishing has been a bit slow, but we have been picking away catching 1 day.Day before yesterday we got a feisty one dor Dan about 250lbs on the scad, down and tight, […]

Last night was a big night at the Marlin Barn on Lizard Island. The place was jumping and we definately gave it our best. We stuck to our gameplan and went south again to Lena and the lower Ribbons. We saw 2 straight away, but neither ate ,and one even swam right up to the […]

Today is the last day of the Lizard Island comp, and yesterday we got off to a good start with Brandon catching one early to put us into 2nd ahead of Calypso and Maritimo, but even with Kanahoee. Then we only saw one more fish all day!!! Kanahoee caught 2 more for 9 total, and […]

Well we won the daily yesterday with 2 fish on time, and were equal 4th with a few other boats overall. BIG NEWS -the weather forecast was right!!! Which is a big bummer as it is now 25-30 knots and bit choppy. Bait fished most of the morning for a total of none!! Which was […]

Number 3 Ribbon Reef. Yesterdays totals for the tournament was 20 fish tagged, from about 63 bites. Today we bait fished south and put the baits in at the bottom of Lena Reef , and again tagged the first fish of the day, a feisty one on the scad for Brandon about 100 lbs, and […]

Day 3 of the Lizard Island Tournament and the fishing has picked up to match the weather!! Good wind yesterday and today, 20+ knots from the SE have the fish up and tailing downsea into the edge. Yesterday Brandon got his first GBR black, a nice feisty one about 250 lbs, and missed another one […]

Night before last was the briefing for the 21st Lizard Island Tournament, and we arrived after running and fishing our way from Cooktown after resupplying and picking up RJ, John and Brandon, all good friends of ours from Florida. The tournament briefing was a debacle as usual, with our anglers ordering and paying for 6 […]

With the most part of the fleet into Cooktown last night, about 20 boats are waiting to head up to Lizard Island for the start of the tournament tonight with the briefing. Yesterday was our last day with Peter and Lydie, and the day started about 8 am with a nice long breakfast followed by […]

9 pm No 5 Ribbon Reef Well after what can only be called a very disappointing start to the season, we finished 4 days with Jamie and the boys from Sydney with not even a fish seen!!! We had a blast swimming, jigging and catching lots of scaleys and bait. On Sunday Peter and Lydie […]