orget about big crowds on the rip or at the fuel dock, or doing endless figure-8s around an undersea FAD for hours on end. If you’re looking for a high-end boutique tournament that’s held in one of the world’s most luxurious island resorts and fished in some of the Caribbean’s most famed hunting grounds for blue marlin, then you need to check out the Scrub Island Billfish Series. ¶ What makes this event so special? First and foremost is the fishing, which takes place on the North Drop. This roughly 12-mile stretch of undulating Caribbean seabed—where the east-to-west Puerto Rico Trench takes a 90-degree elbow to the north just above the Virgin Islands—quickly earned a reputation for offering the most consistent blue marlin fishing this side of the Panama