The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has determined that the recreational landings limit for Atlantic blue marlin, white marlin, and roundscale spearfish has been exceeded for 2020. This year, Atlantic recreational anglers have kept 81 Atlantic blue marlin, 92 Atlantic white marlin, and 95 roundscale spearfish, totaling in 268 billfish (swordfish and sailfish excluded) and already exceeding the 250…
Flashback Friday to Gamefisherman’s 40’ Flybridge “French Look” as the game boat to its mothership in this photo taken in 1994. During the late ’80s and early ’90s, several mothership operations travelled the world’s oceans looking for the next great remote paradise. Of course, the most famous was The Madam and The Hooker, but Jean Paul Richard’s French Look followed closely. No matter…
Captain Tracy Epstein and crew has impressed us once again by winning first place at the Big Island Marlin Tournament! After earning first place at the Kona Throwdown with a 765.5 blue marlin earlier this month, 40’ Gamefisherman “Last Chance” warmed up on Day 1 of the Big Island Marlin Tournament with a 125 lb blue released by Chad Beaudry,…
Considering his record and life experience, it’s almost not a surprise that Captain Tracy Epstein led the crew and anglers of 40′ Gamefisherman “Last Chance” to winning the 2020 Kona Throwdown. On day 2 of the Hawaii Marlin Tournament Series leg out of Kona, Hawaii, Angler Chad Beaudry spent 4 minutes on a 125 pound marlin, but on day 3…