Like a career in business or entertainment, as a sportfishing professional you must stay relevant. Lawyers, doctors, counselors, and real estate agents must all attend something called continuing education credits to keep their licenses current. While there is nothing like this in fishing, that doesnt mean that getting a fulltime
MIDDLETOWN, RI, June 16, 2021”KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced today that it has introduced the TracPhone® LTE-1 Global marine communications system designed to provide recreational boaters and commercial mariners in more than 150 countries with Internet access up to 20 miles offshore. The system utilizes LTE Advanced (LTE-A) cellular
Scania engines, now available to the North American pleasure craft market, are world renowned for power, responsiveness, uptime, and fuel efficiency. The obvious result is lower operating costs. But here the real bottom line: With the unrivaled power-to-weight ratio of Scania 700 to 1,150 horsepower engines, you get where you want to
Ive just recently returned from a little piece of paradise that was the result of one man dream over 20 years in the making. But first, a little back story. I first met Ron Kawaja, owner of the Pelagic clothing brand, in a crappy Miami hotel room during the Miami
Here in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, we are fortunate to have an excellent marlin fishery. Whether live baiting blue marlin, pulling an all-around spread for pelagics, or targeting white marlin during the late summer with naked ballyhoo, there are plenty of options to get connected with a feisty billfish. [%
Father's Day is right around the corner (Sunday, June 20) so in case you havent found the perfect gift and need some inspiration, we went ahead and scoured the internet for what we thought an awesome dad would like. From sportfishng-focused clothes to cool tech, there something for any angler
The 17th annual Cajun Canyons Billfish Tournament (June 1-6, 2021), presented by H&E Equipment Services, featured 35 boats fishing for a total purse of $689,500. Hosted by Cypress Cove Lodge & Marina in Venice, Louisiana, the tournament attracted a fleet ranging from 37 to 95 feet in length and represented
Top Private Boat”Draggin Up Top Outboard Boat”Justified Top Male Angler”Sam Rasberry Top Female Angler”Christina Thompson Top Junior Angler”Max Moore Top Swordfish”Bill Hunt Top Yellowfin Tuna”Chase Perthius Top Dolphin”Weston Rhodes Top Wahoo”Walker Rhodes Top Mate”Conner Golightly Jim Peachey Outstanding Capt. Award Jeff Wilson Gulf Division Top Boat”High Cotton International Division Top Private Boat”Huntress
Flamingo, Costa Rica, Wednesday, June 9, 2021”The first leg of the new all-virtual Presidential Challenge of Central America hosted teams fishing from four different nations in the region”Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama”for two days of fishing, with scoring taking place using the popular CaptApp mobile application, which allows teams to
The relationships dynamics involving captain, crew, angler, charterer and owner combine to create complex sportfishing personality web. Combining the fact that all personalities have their quirks and the long hours (and weeks and months) spent living and working together on a boat and you have a recipe for interesting situations”of
