August/September 2022

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Trouble In The Hudson
Every once in a while, I get an email that jangles the warning bells in my head. The one I received from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—just as we were going to press with this issue—set off a five-alarm fire horn. NOAA’s Office
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SAM WHITE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CAPT. JEN COPELAND SENIOR EDITOR SUE WHITNEY MANAGING EDITOR CHRIS McGLINCHY ART DIRECTOR CINDY MARTIN COPY EDITOR RANDY VANCE EDITOR-AT-LARGE, FISHING AND MARINE BRUCE POHLOT, Ph.D. CONSERVATION CHRIS RABIL BOATS OF INTERES
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Feedback
editor@marlinmag.com Alexis A. Jacobs passed away on Friday, June 3, 2022. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, on March 28, 1942, and once owned Columbus Fair Auto Auction, one of the largest independent automobile auctions in the United States. Jacobs g
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Peter Pakula
As a lure designer, it’s no surprise that Peter Pakula’s first steps as a child were toward a fisherman who helped him land his first catch as a toddler. Raised in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, he studied textile design; his background ma
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Hot Shots
Kelly Dalling Fallon captured this image of a nice black marlin before the extended pandemic lockdown in Australia. “Josh Goodson and his friend Ben Arnold enjoyed everything the Great Barrier Reef has to offer, from the snorkeling and baitfishing to
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Epic Finish At Costa Offshore World Championship
Scoring one of the most memorable tournament finishes in recent memory, the team representing the Watamu Fishing Festival from the East African nation of Kenya stunned the field in a come-from-behind victory during the Costa Offshore World Championsh
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Tournament Quick Bites
November 1, 2021-May 31, 2022 Fernandina Beach to Key West, Florida With four distinct zones and a unique “fish when you want, where you want” concept, the Florida Sailfish Cup wrapped up in late May with Old No. 7 emerging victorious. Reel Synergy p
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Expanding The Dolphinfish Research Program
A vast, productive portion of the Pacific Ocean abounds off the coast of Panama. Known as the eastern tropical Pacific, nutrient-rich currents there associated with the northern flank of the Humboldt Current converge with slow-moving equatorial curre
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Q: You Must Relocate Your Operation. Where Are You Going?
FOUR ESTABLISHED CAPTAINS TELL US THEIR FANTASY MOVE KEKOA CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA After fishing the Great Barrier Reef’s Ribbon Reefs for the past 35 years, I’d be interested in a change of scenery over to the west side of Australia. The Exmouth fishery b
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Just Laura
There’s nothing I enjoy better than promoting women and kids in fishing. I mean, it’s hard not to get behind anyone with pure drive, genuine passion, or innocent amusement. General sports analogies always seem to work best when describing this obsess
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Marlin Madness Goes To High Cotton
Every March, Marlin hosts Marlin Madness, a virtual bracket-format tournament where fans from around the world vote for their favorite qualifying team from the previous year. Hosted by Blue Water Desalination, this year’s tournament began with 64 tea
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The Catch
1½ oz. Tito’sHandmade Vodka3 oz. ginger beer1 oz. pineapple juice Add all ingredients in a frozen copper mug with crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple and lime wedges. Serves 4-6 Fresh yellowfin might be one of the most versatile fish around, and ther
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Reversing The Skunk
The ups and downs of a day on the water are all too often told only by its victories. But what about the days that don’t go as planned? For me, those are the days that make me a better captain, and my crew a better crew. Not to mention, the only way
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The Eternal Allure of TAHITI
The fundamentals of fishing make us all explorers because the quest for that next bite can often take us far and wide. Even when we just go back to the same place we were yesterday, we can find something we have never seen before. Some of us, though,
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Twenty Years Of Custom Shootout History In The Bahamas
FIRST PLACE: HT Hook SECOND PLACE: Jack O’ Hearts THIRD PLACE: Arc Strike TOP ANGLER: Harry Shufflebarger TOP CAPTAIN: Robbie Moore FIRST PLACE: Salem Wolf SECOND PLACE: Miss Allied THIRD PLACE: China Girl TOP ANGLER: Roger Hammond TOP CAPTAIN: Jake
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The Custom Shootout Is Here To Stay
AFTER THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES, Hipkneetized’s Steve Roy, HT Hook’s Harry Shufflebarger and Merritt’s Boat & Engine Works’ Roy Merritt approached Capt. Skip Smith about creating a tournament to raise money for the victims. The
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Dominican Daydream
On a few, albeit all-too-rare occasions, I am absolutely convinced that you are destined to catch a certain fish before the boat has even left the dock. A case in point: the white marlin I caught recently in the Dominican Republic. The day had starte
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The Lay Of The Land
The Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic is located on the eastern side of the island of Hispaniola. A part of the Greater Antilles, this is the second-largest island in the West Indies; only Cuba is larger. The French- and Creole-speaking Republic of
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Sailfish Invasion
The Zane Grey Reef off Panama’s Tropic Star Lodge is known as the local hotspot for black marlin. But during one memorable trip, photographer Jessica Haydahl Richardson and her husband, Wade, encountered large numbers of sailfish on the reef. “We wer
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Old Boats, New Tricks
Airmar recently introduced an NMEA 2000 multinetwork gateway that allows boat owners to do what may not have been practical before: convert a solid, reliable 20-year-old sport-fisher into a modern, digitally monitored billfishing battlewagon. Airmar
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MICHAEL RYBOVICH & SONS 70
Now in the design phase from Michael Rybovich & Sons in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is Hull No. 9, a stunning 70-foot sport-fisherman designed and crafted to chase blue marlin every day of the year in comfort and style for a family operation. The ex
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Viking 54 Sport Tower
Viking Yachts has a proven formula for expanding its fleet by building a completely new model within a model. The New Gretna, New Jersey, boatbuilder’s latest example is its 54 Sport Tower, a model that premiered at the 2022 Miami International Boat
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Winter Custom Yachts 53 Express
Tim Winters’ 53-foot express, Reel Risk, is this builder’s second-largest express to date. She includes all of the creature comforts and features you would expect to find in a custom convertible manifested into a sweet express-style package: the owne
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Jarrett Bay 32, Miss Alison
Versatility is one of the strong suits for most outboard-powered sport-fishers, and was a key point for Dave Marston, owner of Miss Alison, the 32-foot Jarrett Bay he named for his wife. Built in 2013 for retired professional golfer Curtis Strange, i
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Marina Contracts
A friend of mine purchased a 50-foot sport-fisher this past year and made a comment I still remember: He was more interested in a boat around 60 feet, but he couldn’t buy that large because there was a legitimate shortage of slips in that size range
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A Cautionary Tale
We all love fresh fish, whether we eat it as sashimi on the way back to the dock or store it for a few days in the refrigerator for later. We go to reputable restaurants to order the fish of the day and hope it’s what they say it is or, at least, wha

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