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Cairns, Aus – 22nd Grander of the Year

  Cairns, Australia (Great Barrier Reef) – Capt. Billy Billson on the Viking II with Randy Baker on the deck, released a Black Marlin they called 1,100 + lbs.

Cairns, Aus – 21st Grander of the Year

Cairns, Australia (Great Barrier Reef) – Capt. Billy Billson on the Viking II put Angler Staurt Wright on a Black Marlin they called 1,000 + lbs.

Kona, HI – 20th Grander of the Year

Kona, HI – Capt. Gene Vanderhoek on Sea Genie II put his Angler on this 1,023 lbs. Blue Marlin. More to come on this fish.

Oahu, HI – 19th Grander of the Year

  Waianae, HI – The Island of Oahu has its 3rd Grander Blue Marlin of 2012. Local fisherman Wayne Thompson weighed a 1,024 lbs. Blue Marlin. Wayne caught this magnificent marlin

Kona, HI – 18th Grander of the Year

Kona, HI – Capt. Neal Isaacs and Brian Schumaker aboard the Anxious, caught a 1,022 lbs. Blue Marlin. The fish apparently died down deep and it took the crew hours to

Cape Verdes – 17th Grander of the Year

Cape Verdes – Capt. Simon Bracey on the Happy Hooker 1 released a Blue Marlin over 1,000 lbs. This is the 3rd Grander of the Year for Capt. Simon and

Bermuda – 16th Grander of the Year

Bermuda – Capt. Allen DeSilva on the Mako released a 1,100 lbs. Blue Marlin.    

Oahu, HI – 15th Grander of the Year

Oahu, HI – This 1,092 lbs. Blue Marlin was caught off of Oahu. This is the 2nd Grander Blue Marlin for that area this year. We are waiting for additional

Cape Verdes – 14th Grander of the Year

  Cape Verdes – Lightning does in fact strike twice, in fact 11 times by our count! The Happy Hooker I has now caught 11 Grander Blue Marlin. The latest

Oahu, HI – 13th Grander of the Year

Oahu, HI – This beast of a Blue Marlin was caught off the west side of Oahu, but other than the weight (1,120 lbs) and the fact that it was

Cape Verdes – 12th Grander of the Year

Cape Verdes – The world famous Happy Hooker has done it again! Capt. Simon Bracey put angler Chris Lyle on a fish of a lifetime. After a 3-Hour battle, the

Cape Verdes – 11th Grander of the Year

Cape Verde Islands – Capt. Brad Philipps of Guatemala fame has been running the Hooker this summer with great success. Over the last 8 Days, they have released 25 Blue