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Costa Films | Hooked On: Sailfish

January 30, 2023 By InTheBite Magazine

The speed and precision of the sailfish has captivated anglers for centuries, and as one of the world’s most iconic gamefish, sailfish have spawned a fishing subculture unlike any other.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: Central America, costa sunglasses, Florida, popular, Sailfish, Video

Escape Plan: Adventure Awaits in Quepos, Costa Rica

October 31, 2022 By InTheBite Magazine

Beautiful aerial view of the Marina in Quepos Costa Rica

By Ben Begovic

They say a picture tells a thousand words. If “they” are correct, the photo of a traveling angler with grin from ear to ear aboard The Hooker releasing blue marlin under the watchful eye of Capt. Skip Smith speaks volumes. It’s an exotic image like this snapped off the beaten path that triggers the adventurous spirit in all of us.
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Filed Under: Adventures, Central America, Featured Stories, Fishing, General News, News, Places Tagged With: Costa Rica, international travel, pacific blues, pacific ocean, quepos

Mag Bay Marvel

May 3, 2022 By InTheBite Editor

striped marlin feeding on bait ball in mag bay

Photo courtesy Gary Graham

A long-time west coast secret, the incredible fishery that is Mexico’s Magdalena Bay is attracting ever increasing international attention. With ever more traveling operations exploring the fishery, we’ve turned to Baja expert and longtime Mag Bay angler Gary Graham to provide a full report on the fishery, how to get there and what to expect.

By Gary Graham

Located on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula – approximately 800 miles south of the California border – Magdalena Bay is protected by five barrier islands. Spanning some 131 miles, with most of its shore lined with mangroves, this is the largest bay on the West Coast of the peninsula. An extraordinary habitat, the plankton-rich environment attracts sardine and shrimp with other baitfish which in turn attracts a diversity of sea life. The astonishing offshore fishery stretches approximately 100 miles out in front of Magdalena Bay, from the Thetis Bank north of Cabo San Lázaro, down to below Punta Tosca at the southern end of Santa Margarita Island.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Featured Stories, Fishing, News, North America, Places Tagged With: baja peninsula, fishing mag bay, mag bay, magdelena bay, mexico, striped marlin

A Fishing Story from the Miss Annie

April 13, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

fishing on the miss annie

By Barry Weshnak Miss Annie owner

When I was eight or nine years old my dad started taking me fishing off Long Branch pier in Long Branch, New Jersey for fluke during the summer and at night during the winter for ling and whiting. It was so cold that the nylon line would freeze between the water and the reel.  We drank a lot of hot chocolate and enjoyed our fishing time together. In my teens, my future brother-in-law, Frank, me and a buddy of ours who had a wooden skiff with an outboard motor fished off Monmouth Beach for stripers. The love of saltwater fishing took root as a family affair.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: billfishing, boat owner, fishing, marlin, miss annie

Making the Long-Range Offshore Trip

April 5, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

boat trip in the gulf

By Capt. Adam Peeples

With today’s high-tech center consoles, multi-day trips are becoming more prevalent as the load carrying capability, range, and creature comforts continue to improve. Planning a long-range trip aboard an open fisherman requires a multitude of inspections, safety checks and logistical considerations, but with proper attention a trip over the horizon can be both rewarding and productive.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: Boat Safety, boat trips, Center Console, fishing trips

Captain Brad Philipps Breaks Down the Guatemala Billfish

October 20, 2021 By InTheBite Editor

guatemala billfish

Photo courtesy Mark B. Hatter

By Mark B. Hatter

“We know more about the moon than we know about the habits of billfish.”

Brad Philipps, captain, owner and operator of the charter boat Decisive and Guatemala Billfishing Adventures, introspectively remarked as we sipped whisky and smoked Cuban cigars on the rooftop of his Casa Philipps in Antigua, in January of 2020. It had been a VERY slow week, yet under the uncharacteristic circumstances, we raised and released more sailfish using fly tackle than any other boat in the fleet.

So, I am not so sure about Philipp’s moon and billfish remark.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Central America, Crew, Featured Stories, Fishing, News, People, Places, South America Tagged With: billfish, brad phillips, Captain, decisive, Guatemala Fishing, Sailfish

Charter Boat Confessional—True Tales from the High Seas

August 18, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

The Bali Hai headed offshore. Photo courtesy Jim Callas

By Jim Callas

As a young deckhand, I had the opportunity to fish with some really awesome guys—one of whom was a fellow by the name of Capt. David Russell. Russell was fishing on a boat called the Bali Hai and was a pretty cool guy. We got to talking one day and he basically hired me on the spot for some reason and soon we were fishing every day. The Bali Hai was what was referred to as a Navy Crash boat or
AVR boat. AVR was an acronym for “air, sea rescue.” These old wooden boats were built for the navy and resembled a PT boat from WWII. Built out of double diagonal mahogany planking, powered by twin Ford Lehman diesels and had a reverse sheer line. The old AVR boats came in two sizes: 44 feet and 63 feet—we had the 44 foot version.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: billfishing, Charter Fishing, hawaii fishing, Offshore Fishing

Laundry Line – A Guide To Flying Fishing Flags

May 19, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

fish flags

On the starboard halyard, billfish flags are to be arranged by species significance.

ITB Staff

It was long before social media revealed daily fishing reports that fish flags were used to publicly announce one’s success on the water. History credits The Tuna Club of Santa Catalina for the introduction of fish capture flags that were oversized and colored so nearby boats could be alerted to tuna, swordfish and marlin landings.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: billfishing, catch and release, fish flags, Offshore Fishing, popular, sailfish release

Returning to Normal in Marsh Harbour Bahamas

May 6, 2021 By InTheBite Editor

Abaco Beach Resort Marina

By Dale Wills

I recently returned from a visit to Marsh Harbour, Bahamas for the Production vs. Custom Shootout run by legend Skip Smith. This was my first time returning to the islands since Dorian devastated the Abacos in September 2019. I stayed at the Abaco Beach Resort and the marina looks better today than it ever did. The new tournament scale is awesome and I’d bet a giant sea monster couldn’t tear it down as it is now made from steel beams. If only that precious ground under the scale could talk. I have fond memories of big marlin and boats backing under it to celebrate.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Caribbean, Fishing, General News, News Tagged With: Bahamas Fishing, Marsh Harbour, Skips Tournaments, The Shootout: Production vs. Custom, tournament fishing

Lesson Learned: Stuck at Sea

March 19, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

jupiter inlet

Photo courtesy Chad Pinder

By Chad Pinder, as told to ITB Staff

I was a mate out of the Square Grouper in Jupiter aboard a 6-pack boat. In March 2018, we had a charter a family of four plus a regular. The day went as planned and we started out bottom fishing then a little storm cell came through. As the seas got bumpy people started to drop from seasickness.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: boating accident, dehydration, jupiter florida, Offshore Fishing, sea tow

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