November/December 2018

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Fish Where They Live
How do I become a better angler?” I get asked that question quite a bit, and the short answer is that you have to go where the fish are. Is it simplistic? Absolutely. But it’s also an unfortunate truth, especially for those of us who don’t have front
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Feedback
editor@marlinmag.com There is one item I may have failed to mention when we last spoke about winning the Big Rock this year. Rob Warren’s dad, Bob, is the man who started the Honey Hush adventure for Rob and myself a long time ago. Bob introduced his
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Players
You became a grandfather for the first time. Congratulations. Thanks! My oldest daughter just had a baby girl, and everyone is doing fine. It’s funny, my granddaughter was born in the same hospital in High Point, North Carolina, that I was. Caterpill
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Holiday Gift Guide
Our editors’ picks for unique gift-giving this season Hand-forged in Maryland, this handsome bronze money clip is embellished with a marlin in layers of hand-cut, textured German silver to create a three-dimensional likeness. The distressed dark pati
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Playmaker Delivers In The Bermuda Triple Crown
Capt. Jerry Owens has only been to Bermuda twice, as a mate on different boats. Bringing the 61-foot Viking Playmaker to Bermuda for the first time this season, the team managed to stay just steps ahead of the 41 other teams to win the 2018 Bermuda T
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Pending Light-tackle Record Blue Marlin Landed
Light-tackle angling aficionado Gary Carter has spent decades chasing (and setting) world records around the globe with his wife, Sherrell. For the past few seasons, they have relocated their 45-foot G&S, Silver-Rod-O, to Madeira, Portugal, in search
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Tournament Quick Bites
May-July, 2018 Done Deal won the Gulf Coast Championship for a record third time with a total of 921 points: first place with a tournament-record-breaking blue marlin in the Orange Beach Billfish Classic, second place in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Bi
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Parranda Racks Up The Numbers
Boat owners Dan and Stephanie Braman believe in fishing where the marlin are. Averaging just three months each season, the Parranda team has released 1,000 blue marlin in four years. In 2014, Parranda, then a 58-foot Merritt, headed to the Dominican
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White-hot Bite
The late-summer and early-fall white marlin fishing in the northeastern United States this year was off the charts. As our social media feeds jammed up with picture after picture of boats flying a ridiculous number of flags, we asked Matthew Upton, o
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Killer Drift Gill Nets
In 2016, I wrote a column regarding the archaic swordfish drift-gillnet fishery in California. With just roughly 20 vessels, this fishery kills more dolphins, porpoises and whales than all other fisheries on the U.S. West Coast and Alaska combined, i
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Q: What Detail Is Most Important When Bringing A Boat To Market?
JIMMY FIELDS, TOURNAMENT YACHT SALES TEQUESTA, FLORIDA Engine and bottom maintenance is first and foremost. Nothing will sour a deal quicker than a potential buyer thinking, If the owner didn’t spend the time or money to do the 1,000-hour service, wh
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War Heroes On Water Honors U.s. Veterans
From 2004 to 2007, the city of Ramadi, Iraq, was one of the most violent and bloody places on the planet, where the American military was fighting a determined enemy and a steadfast insurgency. Mike Nares and Chris Moret served with the 1st Battalion
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South Florida Sailfish Tactics
There are countless variables that must all come together to make a truly great sailfish bite. Water color, clarity, depth, wind and current direction and velocity, and presence of bait play a huge role, but most important, there must be sailfish. So
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An Insider’s Guide To Sailfishing In The FLORIDA KEYS
HAVING WORKED AS A CAPTAIN IN NORTH KEY LARGO FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN THESE FABULOUS FLORIDA KEYS BOTH FISHING AND SHOWING MY BOSS AND HIS GUESTS THE SIGHTS AND TASTES ALONG THE WAY. AND WHEN THIS WEEK’S COLD FRONT MAKES WAY FOR
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What To Do When It’s Snotty
Like clockwork, the winter cold fronts appear almost weekly, and occasionally, there will be a day or two where you get blown out. These land-based activities are a sure way to keep your crew engaged. Probably the most famous place in northern Monroe
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Omie Tillet And The Legend Of Brothers Pride
Many of the distinct, beautiful characteristics of a Carolina sport-fisher — the sweeping broken sheer, gently curved tumblehome, warped plane bottom and flared bow — were influenced by a number of boatbuilders. However, one of the most dynamic patri
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Costa Rica’s Land of Dreams
If you build it, they will come. That line is more than just the mantra from a 1980s Kevin Costner baseball flick; it could just as easily apply to the sprawling resort and marina located on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast that’s known throughout
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Panama East To West
THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA OFFERS SOME OF THE MOST UNIQUE SPORT FISHING IN THE WORLD, THANKS TO ITS LOCATION, BORDERED BY COSTA RICA TO THE WEST AND COLOMBIA AT THE SOUTHEASTERN END. AND WHILE THE CARIBBEAN SEA LAPS THE NORTHERN SHORES, IT’S THE PLACID P
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Bertram Yachts 61
Paying homage to the company’s original 54-footer, Bertram Yachts has combined the latest in boatbuilding techniques and innovations with modern interiors that are not only bright and sophisticated but live-in comfortable. Along with a handful of ind
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Maverick 36
In today’s boating market, it seems bigger is better. Sport-fishermen now regularly exceed the 70-foot mark, and even outboard-powered center-consoles are carrying price tags approaching seven figures. Few builders seem interested in boats under 40 f
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Offshore Closings
The primary reason to perform an offshore closing is to avoid state sales tax. Many states have a sales tax cap, which has reduced the frequency of such closings. However, there are still certain scenarios and jurisdictions in which an offshore closi
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All About The Numbers
When I started bill-fishing, the only number on the charter dock that meant anything was the commission from the taxidermist. Nobody counted their billfish that I knew of. After that, the only statistics we really enjoyed were the number of sailfish

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