GranderWatch – Page 107 – Largest & Only Collection of Grander Billfish in the World

Blue Marlin
Kona, HI
Captain - Marlin Parker
Angler - Keith Hilton
Boat - Marlin Magic
1,035 lbs

Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Captain - Steve Ahlers
Tony Carpenter &
Murray Teasdale
Boat - Hellraiser II
1,098 lbs

Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Captain - Alex Jordon
Boat - Iona II
1,000 lbs.

Blue Marlin
Oahu, Hawaii
Captain - Chris Rubin &
Ricky Fairbanks
Boat - Ruckus
1,005 lbs

Blue Marlin
Cape Verde Islands
Captain - Heiko Steinmetz
Boat - Black Marlin
1,037 lbs

Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Hellraiser
1,100 lbs.

Black Marlin.
Cairns, Australia
Capt. Mark Parkinson
Black Label
1,000 lbs

Blue Marlin
Cape Verde Islands
Captain - Heiko Steinmetz
Boat - Black Marlin
1,177 lbs

Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Captain - Daniel McCarthy
Boat - Moana
1,000 lbs.

Black Marlin
Cooktown, Australia
Captain - Brett Goetze
Angler - Stephan Kreupl
Boat -Amokura
1,032 lbs

Blue Marlin Kona, Hawaii

Capt. John "Bomboy" Llanes and crewman Scott Kadooka teamed up on this monster blue marlin with angler Miguel Koenig. This fish won the 2003 Firecracker Open and is reputed to

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Capt. Darren “Biggs” Haydon and Team Adventum (Nicholas Bovell, Dean Comberbach, Kevin Hodgson) weighed a 1,260 lbs. Black Marlin. This is the 2nd Black Marlin weighed over 1,200 lbs. this

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Blue Marlin Kona, Hawaii

This marlin ate a live bait behind the BLACK BART captained by Bart Miller. The fish fought for 51/2 hours against 130-lb test line and angler Hunter Clawson.

Blue Marlin Mauritius

Blue Marlin Kona, Hawaii

Blue Marlin Cabo Frio, Brazil

Blue Marlin Oahu, Hawaii

This was the second grander in two days for the fishermen operating out of Kaneohe, Oahu. This time it was Capt. Lee Gonsalves who found the brute while trolling aboard