ECUADOR: November marlin report

The currents continue to bring usually cold water for the month of November. Salinas, Manta and Galapagos Islands are all experiencing water temperatures 71 to 73 F average.


Salinas.

The striped marlin bite has been picking up a bit more in the last 2 weeks. Don Chuma fished Nov 20th and reported raising 3 stripey and releasing 1 on a circle hook. The water temperature was reported

Spain: monster carp caught over 80lb

A monster carp was caught in Spain by Raul Lopez Ayala on lake Curton (Rainbow lake) in Spain the fish was 83 pound (38 kilograms)
The fish was caught with a boili "Monster Crab original" of John Llewellyn "Big Carp" brand.
Here the comment in Spanish of Raul on Facebook: "gracias y mil gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios y palabras.
Como ya comentó mi compañero de aventuras Miguel

LAOS: report from Jean Francois Helias

Just a few words to keep you posted about the great fishing we are enjoying right now here in Laos. I've been joined on that 5th angling adventure in Northern Laos by 2 old friends and numerous times return clients: UK Gavin Clarke and USA Dale Fischer (79 years old). Dale who was also with me here last November set the IGFA All Tackle world record for the Mekong Pangasius at the very same

AUSTRALIA: Great Barrier Reef Report 2011

After my Marlin Grander in Cape Verde Islands in May 2011, many of my fishing friends said: "Now you have to catch a Black Marlin Grander as well." I wanted to know, of course, in advance if any angler had already caught these three marlin Granders. My investi-gation revealed: to date, no angler had caught a Pacific Blue Marlin and a Atlantic Blue Marlin and a Black Marlin Grander weighing over

IGFA Hot Cathes November 2011

The year may be winding down but anglers are still in high gear! This month catches from Italy, Malaysia, Brazil, Australia, the Cook Islands, New Zealand and the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey are all in contention for new world records. More than half of this month’s Hot Catches were released alive – a strong closing to the first year of the new All-Tackle Length release record category

THAILAND: 20 lb toman-snakehead caught

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Well..... well..... well.... it been quite a while since I' last seen a Monster Size MAMA Toman 9KG.
The last person I seen landed it was by Kaiser- Mark Richards of S'pore 2 mths back...
This time round is was my Netherland customer turns.
Today is his big day in which he has broken his personal best record of all time.
A whoppy 20Ibs (9KG) Monster MAMA Toman-snakehead.
The fights

COSTA RICA: Crocodile Bay Lodge November report

I really like November. It is sometimes crazy to switch gears after being closed for the month of October and working shorter days, but I love the excitement of cranking up a new season. The October rains left us with lots of green water offshore the first part of the month so most anglers stayed inshore rather than put in the time to get the billfish to bite.
They were rewarded with lots of