Another Successful Season
by Capt. Dave Lear

The smoke from the fireworks has long since evaporated and anglers are winging their way home. But as the 2011 Bisbee’s Black & Blue Tournament series draws to a close, all signs point to another successful season.      Read More

Enchilada Grande

by Capt. Dave Lear

Anglers tend to embelish on occasion. Tournaments often tilt towards hyperbole, too. So when one claims to be the richest sport-fishing contest in the world, many might say, “Yeah, uh huh. Prove it!”    Read More

Call of the Wild
by Capt. Dave Lear

It’s finally time to howl at the moon. The crew of El Lobo went from growl to beast mode after weighing in the only qualifying marlin on the final day of the 2011 Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament. The 313-pound blue marlin, taken on a bonito lure, was boated after a 19-minute fight in the cobalt-blue waters due south of Cabo San Lucas.    Read More

A Family Affair
by Capt. Dave Lear

The first time was a charm for Vicente Rangel of central Mexico. That’s because on his first time fishing the Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament, he landed the biggest and only qualifying marlin of the day, a 329-pound blue. Competing with family members aboard Pegasus, a beautiful yacht-fish, Rangel only needed 25 minutes to land his catch after it ate a live bonito for bait. The fish jumped several times during the battle and it was the second marlin ever caught by the angler.    Read More

Spoonful of Sugar
by Capt. Dave Lear

Chris Erickson and his team aboard Bad Medicine finally found the cure for a constant bellyache. A lucky lure and doing the marlin dance in the cockpit of his 35 Cabo convertible probably helped, too. But when it was all over, their 409-pound blue marlin hanging at the scales represented the largest fish for Day One of the 2011 Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament. Cabo Riviera Marina and Golf Resort is the title sponsor for this year’s event.    Read More

Three Decades and Counting

by Capt. Dave Lear

Viva la Mexico! Only in Cabo San Lucas can you find the combination of sultry nights, more than $2 million in prize money, bikini models and Elvis Presley igniting the torch to start the 31st edition of the Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament, the richest sportfishing event in the world. One-hundred teams representing 12 different nations will hit the water early Wednesday morning hoping to find a hefty marlin potentially worth more than 27,000,000 pesos. But that’s all part of the aura and fun of the Black & Blue.    Read More