Black Marlin Fishing Blog

Ben Heath reports 16 tags on Day 1 at Innisfail. The leading boat on 2 tags is the Collins brothers’…

The Innisfail Billfish Tournament kicks off today with the largest number of participants since 1989!  Tournament Director Ben Heath tells…

The Ballintine’s have spent some time out at the oval/little oval aboard Afishionado enjoying the unbelievable weather over the past…

While most are yet to switch over to heavy tackle fishing (more of the fleet will begin fishing for the…

I’m on the run this morning so quick updates from the north with pics: Bradley Eade (with Capt. Rob Bonser)…

A couple of boats are already fishing heavy tackle and while I’ve not heard of any big fish(…yet..!), a couple…

Ben reports it’s been a busy week on the water for him in the leadup to the 2nd annual Weipa…

Let’s face it, I haven’t had nearly as many light tackle black marlin reports from Cairns this year, so one…

Still picking away at the little black marlin on KEKOA yesterday for Jan, above. The little black marlin reports just…

While there are a few boats fishing heavy tackle already, there hasn’t been too much to report just yet (now…

Just a couple of short weeks now until the Cairns Giant Black Marlin season kicks off in earnest and a…

I suspect I may be out of phone range in the morning so an early weekend wrap up black marlin…

Well while the tournament has been the focus of the last week on my radar, there has been much going…

Well the Townsville Tournament is over for another year and with the return of the juvenile blacks to Cape Bowling…

The latest issue of BlueWater Boats and Sportfishing Magazine goes on sale today and celebrates 15 years of the magazine…

With a big thanks to Mission Beach GFC’s Barbara Leptig and Capt. Kim Andersen for all the details: 2012 Cairns…