2016 Granders
Ra’iatea – 11th Grander of the Year
Ra’iatea, French Polynesia – Natai weighed a 1,128 lbs. Blue Marlin. Oddly enough, they weighed the fish before they “cleaned” it and it weighed
La Gomera – 10th Grander of the Year
La Gomera, Canary Islands – Capt. Mark Lee on Sea Spirit released an estimated 1,160 lbs. Blue Marlin. They were able to get measurements
GBR, Aus – 9th Grander of the Year
Cairns, Australia – Capt. Billy Billson on the Viking II released a 1,000+ Black Marlin fishing in the 50th Anniversary Tournament.
GBR, Aus – 8th Grander of the Year
Cooktown, Aus – Capt. Ross Finlayson & Andy Dow on Top Shot released an 1,100 lbs. Black Marlin. The fish was caught by angler
Azores – 7th Grander of the Year
Horta, Azores – Team Habitat lead by Captain & Angler Lukas Folk along with Marco Nielsen and eventually Marty Bates weighed a 1,254 lbs.
Azores – 6th Grander of the Year
Horta, Azores – Capt. Louis Sougne and Lionel Duffy on Nola put angler Antti Hokkanen on a 1,100 lbs. Blue Marlin. The fish took
Azores – 5th Grander of the Year
Horta, Azores – Captain Olaf Grimkowski and Captain Marty Bates on Xacara weighed a 1,042 lbs. Blue Marlin. It took Angler Daniel Lluhi twenty
Cape Verdes – 4th Grander of the Year
Cape Verdes – We have our 4th Grander of the Year and 2nd Grander from the Cape Verdes. Angler Heiko Steinmetz weighed a 1,234
Tonga – 3rd Grander of the Year
Viva’u, Tonga – Capt. Glenn Shaw on Morphius weighed a 1,065 lbs. Blue Marlin. The fish was caught by Angler Josh McIntyre on 80
Raiatea – 2nd Grander of the Year
Raiatea, French Polynesia – We have our 2nd Grander Marlin of the Year. Teva Fong weighed this 1,034 lbs. Blue Marlin. The fish took