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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 1,177 lbs.

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 at 145” Short and an 80”

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 Masahi Habuka and was on 50

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. Blue Marlin. Capt. Marty Bates made

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 a Bonze Violator and took 45-Minutes

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 (20) minutes to get her to

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 lbs. Blue Marlin on the Black

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 lbs. test after a two hour

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 a Vaimoana Lure 918 produced by local

Cape Verdes – 1st Grander of the Year

Cape Verdes – It took until May to get our First Grander of the Year, but it was worth the wait. Capt. Randy Hodgekiss on Dreamin’ On weighed a 1,290

Ascension – 37th Grander of the Year

Ascension Island – Team Harmattan which included Capt. Bryan Toney, Capt. Olaf Grimkowski, Capt. Chip Van Mols, Dan Holt and Angler Jada Holt weighed a 1,305 lbs. Blue Marlin. This