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Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s inaugural USVI Billfish Shootout results

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The catch and release of a blue marlin earned the team aboard the USVI-based charter boat, Double Header, the top prize of $5,000.00 in the inaugural and first…

John McCarthy September 8, 2025

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Young man and the sea: Teen fishing off New England coast catches huge halibut bigger than him

HAMPTON, New Hampshire (AP) — A New Hampshire teenager on a deep-sea fishing trip this week hauled in a 177-pound (80 kilogram) Atlantic halibut, a fish so big that it…

John McCarthy September 5, 2025

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A Florida fishing captain lost a $25K gold chain in Gulf. ‘Need expert divers.’

TAMPA — Captain Tyler Feijoo of Keep On Reeling Fishing Charters posted to the Tampa Bay Fishing Club Facebook with a desperate plea. “Need expert divers. I lost a very…

John McCarthy August 20, 2025

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Weather, sargassum postpones inaugural USVI billfish ‘shootout’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Weather and high levels of sargassum have postponed the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Inaugural USVI Billfish Shootout, scheduled for Saturday out of IGY’s American Yacht Harbor…

John McCarthy August 3, 2025

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Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info

Capt. Ed Enos makes his living as a harbor pilot in Hawaii, clambering aboard arriving ships in the predawn hours and guiding them into port. His world revolves around wind…

John McCarthy May 18, 2025

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Trump opens a huge marine protected zone to commercial fishing

HONOLULU, Hawaii — President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Fisherman found alive after 95 DAYS at sea reveals how he survived after being blown off course in huge storm

LIMA — A Peruvian fisherman who spent 95 days lost at sea in the Pacific Ocean has told how he ate roaches, birds and sea turtles to survive. Máximo Napa…

John McCarthy March 16, 2025

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Fisherman horrified after catching baffling ‘alien’ animal from the ocean depths

The sea is dark and full of terrors. There may or may not be water on Mars, but there are apparently Martians in the water. A fisherman is making waves…

John McCarthy February 26, 2025

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A Florida fisherman reeled in a strange catch off a big bridge. ‘That’s crazy rare.’

TAMPA — Angel Cruz frequents the Skyway Fishing Pier almost every day. He has discovered a few casts in the water could always produce a lifetime memory. With this in…

John McCarthy January 28, 2025

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Coast Guard suspends its search for the crew of a capsized fishing boat in the Gulf of Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The search for five people believed to be aboard a fishing vessel that capsized in rough seas in the Gulf of Alaska has been suspended, the Coast Guard…

John McCarthy December 2, 2024