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2015 Blue Marlin World Cup

July 3, 2015 By InTheBite Editor

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The 2015 Blue Marlin World Cup 24 hour tournament takes place July 4, 2015. Largest Blue Marlin caught around the world wins.

MADEIRA WINS BLUE MARLIN WORLD CUP

Only One Marlin Landed In World Wide Event

It was the crew of the PESCA GROSSA that set the bar early in the 31st Annual Blue Marlin World Cup Championship (World Cup). They landed a 652 pound blue marlin to give Madeira, Portugal the title they had not won since 1997. Angler Anthony Johnson from Davie, Florida had Captains Duart Nuno Goncalves of Madeira and Gerard “Frothy” de Silva from Trinidad & Tobago to put him on the right fish on the right day.

In the unique World Cup tournament, teams fish anywhere in the world they think they can catch a blue marlin over the 500 pound minimum size. Each team fishes 8 hours in their time zone, always on July 4, to see who can catch the largest blue marlin. It is a one day, winner take all competition.

There is no second place so all teams are notified immediately as soon as a qualifying fish is weighed. In this way, any team hooking a smaller fish knows it should be released. Johnson’s 652 lb marlin set a fairly high goal for other teams to exceed. In this case, none of the other 149 teams could beat it.

The list of World Cup team participants reads like a Who’s Who of big game captains and anglers and the team locations reads like an international map of big blue marlin hot spots. At Cape Verde it was a case of “You should have been here yesterday” when a team fishing on BIG OH landed a 1254 lb marlin on July 3rd. In Bermuda a large number of teams released 25 marlin, all below the 652 lb leading weight. In Kona, Hi, where the 2014 World Cup winner was landed, teams released 27 smaller marlin. A team in the Seychelles, fishing the event for the first time, raised 5 marlin with none worthy of trying to put in the boat.

It was the same story at Ascension Island, Mauritius, Papua, New Guinea, Bahamas, Cameroon, French Polynesia, Azores, Portugal, Panama, Mexico and the US east and Gulf Coasts. Many marlin raised, lost or released with none big enough.

Mike Leech, Tournament Director, said he was pleased that only one marlin was landed from all the international locations. In the previous two years only two qualifying marlin were landed due to the format of having only a single winner. It was a great win for Anthony Johnson with a record winning purse of $656,000.

The World Cup is a qualifying event for the Offshore World Championship so Johnson will also receive an invitation to fish in their 2016 Championship on April 17 to 22, 2016 in Costa Rica. The World Cup is also a sanctioned event for the International Division of IN THE BITE’s Captain Of The Year award.

A portion of the World Cup proceeds go to support the IGFA and The Billfish Foundation. Visit the World Cup web site at www.bluemarlinworldcup.com

This years fleet is a record 150 teams. Congrats to Pesca Grossa and Madeira for winning this years 2015 World Cup – the fish measured 126″ LJFL 64″ 652 lbs. Anthony Johnson angler, Captain Duart Nuno Goncalves, and Frothy de Silva crew. Only fish boated in the World Cup. 

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Year Angler Hometown Boat Location Weight (pounds)
2014 Stephanie Choate Miami Beach, Florida Huntress Kona 656 lbs.
2013 Kevin Gaylord Wrightsville Beach, NC Blank Check Bermuda 668 lbs.
2012 Glen Astwood Bermuda Queen Of Hearts Bermuda 768 lbs.
2011 Scott Shaw Hawaii MAUI JIM Kona 729 lbs.
2011 *BBC Curt Fujimoto Hawaii SEA GENIE Kona 525.5 lbs.
2010 Chris Brand Portugal Happy Hooker Cape Verde 1,097 lbs.
2009 Stefan Olson Bermuda WOUND UP Bermuda 865 lbs.
2008 Michael Corbino Sarasota, FL IHU NUI Kona 773.5 lbs.
2007 Lovintz Cann St’Davids Queen of Hearts Bermuda 728 lbs.
2006 Christopher Brand Cape Verde Happy Hooker Cape Verde 850 lbs.
2005 Geoffrey Redmond Bermuda Sea Scorpion Bermuda 712 lbs.
2004 Martin Estis Bermuda Tripleplay Bermuda 1,189 lbs.
2003 Jim Bullock Greensboro, NC Oppositional Bermuda 647 lbs.
2002 Weldon Douglas Fountain Hills, AZ Marlin Magic Kona 612 lbs.
2001 Ephrem Cloostermans Belgium Capri Azores 729 lbs.
2000 Curt Fujimoto Kailua-Kona Holly Aim Kona 633 lbs.
1999 Robert Gollahon King George, VA Southern Exposure N.C. Outer Banks 763 lbs.
1998 Rusty Arrnbreeht Richmond, TX Southern Exposure The Hooker 458 lbs.
1997 Mike Day Rockville, MD Captivator Madeira 696 lbs.
1996 Steward Campbell Houston Chunda Madeira 673 lbs.
1995 Jess Miller England Freed-Em Southern Exposure Madeira 953 lbs.

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