DOUBLES, TRIPLES AND QUADS

If you should find yourself lucky enough to be in a position to catch a pile of billfish in one day, then you might need to reexamine your technique when it comes to turning one bite into two, three, or even four or more. While not all billfish species give you such an opportunity to catch high in the double digits, sailfish and striped marlin often will.

To learn more about how boats are getting covered up by multiple billfish, I called on two captains who have a great amount of experience in Mexico’s Magdalena Bay, a location known for being one of the best places on the planet’s Devin Silas and ’s Newt Cagle have racked up unbelievable numbers over the years, and Mag Bay has given them both the opportunity to not only perfect the hookup method, but to also effectively grasp how to handle multiple hooked fish.