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Chris Kaulen: From the Cockpit to the Bridge Boat Sales are Booming Amid Global Pandemic Master Baiters: Bait Snobs Know the Difference Splash Report: Weaver Boatworks 70’ Southern Pride The Benefits of Offshore Fishing on Center Console Boats Fishin’ Slang Steering You Straight: The Scoop on Steering How Costa Rica became Costa Rica 54’ Sport Fisher Meets Oregon Inlet Bar Latest Classified Ads 2020 48 Viking Open This Viking 48 is Better than New with all the bugs worked out and the motors do not need servicing… [Read more] STIDD Series 500-200 Full-Size Admi STIDD Series 500-200 Full-Size Admiral Low Back Seats are fully-equipped, including fore/aft slides, telescoping pedestal, locking swivel, X2 footrest, deck… [Read more] 1995 Jarrett Bay Boatworks 57’ 1995 Jarrett Bay Boatworks 57’ Custom Convertible Sport Fisherman - Hotmix” 100% Ready to Fish - Blue Marlin - trolling,… [Read more] Marine Release Rocket Launcher Stainless Steel Solid Teak 4 Rod Release Marine Rocket Launcher with 2-piece No-Bolt Rod Holders with built-in backing plates, Stainless… [Read more] 64’ Billy Holton 2009 "Inlet Magic" "Inlet Magic" is a Custom-Built sportfish with 3 stateroom and 2 heads lay out. Twin Cat C-32 1650 Hp Main… [Read more] Pair of CAT C-32 Acerts 1652HP Pair of CAT C-32 Acerts 1652HP ZF 2060A Gears 2.029/1 Ratio Hours: Port engine 4,492, Stbd engine 2,627 Running take… [Read more] Captain of the Year Cup Presented by Hatteras Contender Florida Division Captain of the Year Home Capt. John Dudas, Sandman, 1000 Points Buccaneer Cup, 1st … [Read More] Airmar East Coast Division Captain of the Year Home Capt. Russell Sinclair, Wave Paver, 1000 Points White Marlin … [Read More] Furuno Gulf Division Captain of the Year Home Capt. Jeff Shoults, … [Read More] Release Marine International Division Captain of the Year Home Capt. Edward "Cookie" Murray, Auspicious, 1350 Points Bermuda Billfish … [Read More] Hawaii Division Captain of the Year Home Capt. Shane O’Brien, Wild Hooker, 2150 Points … [Read More] Dock Talk On the Spot with Eight Eights Captain Mark Pagano While out with the Eight Eights team in the Dominican Republic we headed to the tower for a quick chat with Capt. Mark Pagano who was diligently scanning the water for any color deviation. … [Read More...] Hunting for Wahoo with SiriusXM Marine Fish Mapping InTheBite Publisher Dale Wills and Editor-in-Chief Steve Dougherty headed out with Capt. Spencer Talbot and Capt. Clint Kainec of … [Read More...] Release Marine: A Bolster Helm Walkthrough Release Marine’s vice president, Matt Hecht, takes us through the company’s Savannah, GA shop and provides an update on the latest … [Read More...] Tournament Results Team El Suertudo Repeats as Winner of the 2020 Los Cabos Billfish Tournament Dan Jacobs, Tournament Director, Los Cabos, Oct. 16, 2020—The 2020 Los Cabos Billfish Tournament received 49 teams competing for $742,500 in purse plus trophies and prizes. The fleet recorded 70 billfish catches including 13 blue, three black and 55 striped marlin. The qualified marlin included an impressive 593 black caught aboard Stella June, 312 blue marlin aboard Artemis, 396 black... [Read More...] Strong Competition for 2020 Captain of the Year Title The leaderboard is stacked and heavy with notables. Yet a busy weekend has left us with a major shakeup in the Captain of the Year Cup leaderboard presented by Hatteras. Following a first place showing in the release division of the White Marlin Open, Capt. Russell Sinclair and crew aboard Wave Paver were most recently awarded high point boat in... [Read More...] Huge Blue Marlin, Big Tuna Dominate Day Five Weigh-In at MidAtlantic The MidAtlantic—The final day of the 2020 MidAtlantic dawned sunny though a light breeze kept temperatures cool as the 163 boats headed out on Day Five into calm seas offshore. With a 91-pound white marlin leading the category, admittedly everyone in the tournament acknowledged that number would be hard to beat. In the tournament’s 29-year history only five white marlin... [Read More...] Sea Toy Wins 17th Annual Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament—Sea Toy didn’t play around. Starting with a nine-fish lead the first day, followed by four more billfish releases on Friday, the 59 Spencer held off challengers to win the 2020 Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament. Capt. Bull Tolson, mates Catlin Peele, Tim Kidwell and anglers David Biggs, Amanda Cofer, Ken Cofer, Dan Stephano, Tommy Fowler and Timmy... [Read More...] Desperado Repeats as the Top Boat in the 37th Annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament won’t be forgotten any time soon. Against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, 83 boats competed for $852,950 in cash prizes. A total of 473 billfish were released during four days of fishing. But when the diesel smoke finally cleared, it was Desperado, the 2019 champion, atop the leaderboard once again. This marks the first time... [Read More...] Tackle Tips Single Hook Fly By Captain Chris Sheeder A single hook rig for billfish is not anything new or earth shattering, but in the flyfishing community it is a somewhat new concept and seems to be a hard switch for many. Guatemala was at the forefront of the circle hook revolution and one of the first to push its beneficial results onto the rest... [Read More...] Tackle Tip Showcase From Jose Poncho” Brenes and Steven Fallas, on the Sea Fly Jose Poncho” Brenes and Steven Fallas, now captain on the Reel Fly, have been accustomed to keeping an organized and steady flow of baits when fishing the seamounts off Costa Rica. The following are a few tricks of the trade that worked well in the past. 1. Green ILAND Cruiser Lure over a Small Yellowfin Teaser Poncho and Steven rig... [Read More...] Tackle Tip Showcase from Chip Byrd on the Artemis Chip Byrd is the first mate on Artemis. In addition to being a hell of a fisherman, Chip is well-traveled and innovative in his approach to cockpit work. The following is a list of tackle tips from Chip’s bag of tricks. 1. Cinching your knots with Bert’s Bees—Chip uses chapstick to lubricate his connections, cinching them tightly and securely. Using... [Read More...] Tackle Tip Showcase from Frank Riganto, on the Anticipation Year in, year out few crews have caught more white marlin or experience more tournament success than Captain Harvey Shiflet and mate Frank Riganto on the Anticipation – a Virginia Beach-based Spencer. Here is some cockpit insight provided by Frank. An Easy Reminder Write the dredge deployment distance on a piece of electrical tape and put near the digital counter... [Read More...] Tackle Tips: Swordfish Squid, Bow Lines and Live Bait Quick and Easy Swordfish Squid Captain Ron Rico When making tackle rigs for swordfishing, leave a long tag end on your hook connection. Depending on your squid size, you will need to measure your hook placement and cut accordingly. Insert your hook, as pictured, and push the tag end of the leader back into the center of the mantle. It’s... [Read More...] Follow IntheBite on Twitter My Tweets Splash Reports Splash Report: Weaver Boatworks...