The 32nd Annual Pirate’s Cove Big Game Tournament was a great success with a total of 322 billfish released! Congratulations to Capt Rob Mahoney and the crew on Sea I Sea (66′ Viking) for winning the tournament, coming in First Overall Points, and winning the Billfish Daily for Day 3! We’d also like to congratulate…
Congratulations to the crew on Bayliss Hull 12 73′ Lights Out who came in with the 2nd place White Marlin at the 42nd Annual White Marlin Open! At 79 pounds, she was worth about $1 million … not too shabby! Also, congratulations to Bayliss Hull 14 73′ Shark Byte, who came in second place for…
When Hull 15 80’ Dream Time won the White Marlin Open, it was like was like winning the lottery! You’re targeting a big white and 287 boats are doing the same thing. Dream Time performed as well as we could have ever imagined. John was lucky enough to be the angler and his son was…
A week after winning the Pirate’s Cove Big Game, Uno Mas does it again, and wins the Virginia Beach Billfish with 1050 points ! They took Top Boat, Billfish Jackpot, High Rollers Jackpot, Blue Marlin Jackpot, the Wayne McLeskey Top Boat Award and $209,500. Way to get it done Uno Mas!
Bayliss Hull 2 60’ Uno Mas set the East Coast tournament circuit on fire this summer . . .winning both the Pirate’s Cove Big Game and the Virginia Beach Billfish tournaments! At the Pirates Cove Big Game Tournament, Uno Mas also had the most points Tuesday and Thursday, Top Billfish and Winner Take All ….
Bayliss Hull 6 65′ Hey Chama . . . looking for fish in the Dominican Republic. Thanks for sending this in, Capt. Rich Barrett on Shark Byte!
Nick Smith and the crew on Old Reliable have had an incredible year! In July 2013 they took the record for the most Blue Marlin on Flyrod in a single day – 18 to be exact. In October 2013 they took record for the most Striped Marlin on Flyrod – 25 in one day! This…
Good deeds pay off! The Sam & Omie’s girls paid top bid in the Dare County Boat Builders Foundation auction for a trip on Tarheel. For that good deed they were rewarded with 22 whites when they went fishing in September 2013!
It may be the smallest tournament on the circuit, but the fishing was amazing at the Oregon Inlet Round-Up! Congratulations to BBW Yard customer Bi-Op-Sea for taking first place, and to Pete Cherasia of Bayliss Hull 14 73’ Shark Byte for taking Top Angler! The crew on Shark Byte took Third Boat as well.
The 2013 Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament was just about as exciting as it gets this year, with 483 billfish released over the 3 day tournament. And it was an exciting tournament for the Tarheel as well, with Capt John Bayliss, mates John Bayliss Jr and Rob Mahoney, and anglers Tommy Ferella and Ross Darling taking…
Congratulations to Debbie Murray on Tarheel for taking Top Lady Angler in the 2013 Pirate’s Cove Big Game Classic.