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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

GBR – 14th Grander of the Year

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

GBR – 13th Grander of the Year

Cooktown, Aus – Capt. Tim Dean on the Calypso weighed a 1,254 lbs. Black Marlin. This is a historically significant fish as it is a Grander, however the last Black

GBR – 12th Grander of the Year

Cooktown, Australia – Zulu released a Black Marlin they estimated at over 1,000 lbs. 

GBR – 11th Grander of the Year

Cooktown, Australia – Capt. Tim Richardson on Tradition with deckhands Garrett Penley and Thompson Brown released an estimated 1,100 lbs. Black Marlin. Angler was Aaron Adkins. 

GBR – 10th Grander of the Year

Cooktown, Aus – The Great Barrier Reef has yielded another Grander Black Marlin. The Amokura released a Black Marlin they estimated at over 1,000 lbs. 

GBR – 9th Grander of the Year

Lizard Island, Australia – Zulu released a Black Marlin they estimated at over 1,000 lbs. 

GBR – 8th Grander of the Year

Great Barrier Reef, Australia –  Capt. Christian Chapman on Reel Cross along with Mates Shane Roger and Todd Goodwin weighed a 1,058 lbs. Black Marlin. Mathew Bergamo was the Angler. 

GBR – 7th Grander of the Year

Cooktown, Australia – Capt. Ross Finlayson on Bounty Hunter released an estimated 1,050 lbs. Black Marlin. 

Bermuda – 6th Grander of the Year

Bermuda – Capt. Bull Tolson and Caitlin Peele on Sea Toy weighed a 1,011 lbs. Blue Marlin. Angler was Dan Stephano. The fish had a 137″ Short Measurement and a

Cape Verde – 5th Grander of the Year

  Cape Verde Islands – Heiko Steinmetz on the Black Marlin, weighed a 1,037 lbs. Blue Marlin. The fish had a 146” Short Measurement and a 77” Girth Measurement. Heiko

Kauai, HI – 4th Grander of the Year

Kauai, Hawaii – Our 4th Grander of the Year comes from Capt. Steve Yamasaki on Taipan V weighing in at 1,074 lbs.  

Oahu, HI – 3rd Grander of the Year

  Oahu, Hawaii – Capt. Chris Rubin and Ricky Fairbanks on Ruckus weighed a 1,005 lbs. Blue Marlin. The fish ate a Moyes Sumo off their short corner. The fish