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Mission and Purpose

March 22, 2023 By InTheBite Magazine

By Ken Kreisler

“To be or not to be.” While this well-known Shakespearean quote is not associated with the boating experience, if we filter it through our marine sensibilities, it just might be coaxed into reading this way: Walkaround, express or convertible sportfish? Now, that’s the question!

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Filed Under: Boats, Builders, Design, Featured Stories, News Tagged With: Jarrett Bay, Jim Smith, pelagic, release boatworks, walkaround, Willis Boatworks

First Annual Pelagic Pura Vida Blue Marlin Classic

April 13, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Pelagic Pura Vida Blue Marlin Classic

March 24 – 27, 2022 – Quepos, Costa Rica—Hosted by world class Marina Pez Vela, in Quepos Costa Rica, International anglers from Australia, Costa Rica, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and South Africa joined those from across the United States including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina,  Michigan, Ohio, and Texas, to participate in the first Bluewater fishing tournament of its kind.

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Filed Under: Fishing, General News, News, Press Releases, Tournament Results Tagged With: Costa Rica, Marina Pez Vela, pelagic, Pura Vida Blue Marlin Classic, sportfishing

Pelagic Announces Inaugural Pura Vida Blue Marlin Classic Fishing Tournament

March 1, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

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February 6, 2022—Marina Pez Vela, Quepos Costa Rica—Who is the top blue marlin fishing team in the world? Pelagic is proud to present a new tournament celebrating the rich history of Blue Marlin fishing in Costa Rica. The Pelagic Pura Vida Blue Marlin Classic, is the first and only tournament in Costa Rica to focus on the most highly regarded gamefish in the world—the Blue Marlin.

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Filed Under: Fishing, General News, News, Press Releases Tagged With: fishing tournament, Offshore Fishing, pelagic, Pura Vida Blue Marlin Classic

Blue Marlin Steal the Show During 6th Annual Pelagic Rockstar Tournament

February 2, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

January 14 – 16, 2022—Marina Pez Vela, Quepos Costa Rica – Excitement and anticipation was in the air as 83 of the world’s top sport fishing teams assembled in Quepos, Costa Rica for the 6th annual Pelagic Rock Star Offshore Tournament. Located on the Pacific coast of central Costa Rica, Marina Pez Vela and the surrounding area of Manuel Antonio National Park is known as one of the most biologically diverse places anywhere in the world, and the fishing is second to none.  Open to the public, Marina Pez Vela is a super clean, modern, world-class yacht harbor with a wide variety of restaurants, bars, and shops – including a PELAGIC brand store – which makes it the perfect back drop for the sportfishing history that was about to be made.

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Filed Under: General News, News, Press Releases, Tournament Results Tagged With: billfishing, Offshore Fishing, pelagic, pelagic rockstar tournament

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Supporting Expansion to Ongoing Mahi Tagging Project

January 26, 2022 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, Jan. 26, 2022—To increase fishery sustainability and strengthen fisher engagement in fisheries management processes, SFP is undertaking new approaches to support their new small-scale fisheries initiative in some of the world’s largest artisanal fisheries. In the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO), one of the most productive dolphinfish (Mahi-mahi) regions globally, most of the dolphinfish production comes directly from small-scale or artisanal fisheries representing a crucial source of income and livelihoods for fishing communities. However, there are critical gaps in knowledge about dolphinfish and the EPO fishery, inconsistent management measures across the EPO, and limited engagement with artisanal fishers in the decision-making process for management of the fishery.

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Filed Under: Fishing, General News, News, Press Releases Tagged With: Mahi, mahi tagging, pelagic, sustainable fisheries partnership

Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshores Big Winner is Team Pelagic

October 19, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

October 18, 2021, Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament—In addition to the 2021 Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament record breaking payout of $1,578,100.00, this year’s Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore Tournament not only hit the million-dollar mark for the third consecutive time in it’s history, but almost doubled that mark by hitting $1,961,600.00.

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Filed Under: General News, News, Press Releases, Tournament Results Tagged With: Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament, bisbees, Offshore Fishing, pelagic

Travel Alert: Paradise Awaits—Club Pelagic’s Private Escape in Quepos, Costa Rica

June 21, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

By Dave Ferrell

I’ve just recently returned from a little piece of paradise that was the result of one man’s dream over 20 years in the making. But first, a little back story. I first met Ron Kawaja, owner of the Pelagic clothing brand, in a crappy Miami hotel room during the Miami Boat Show in the late-90s. Ron was getting ready to launch a new company that meant to capitalize on the surf style boardshorts that were popular with a lot of mates in the sportfishing world. I was the editor of Marlin at the time and told the crew that I thought it was a great idea and supplied them with as many names of well-regarded fishermen as I could. Now, 20 years later, Pelagic is a world-wide brand bringing the West Coast style and much more to the sportfishing community. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Central America, Featured Stories, Fishing, Places Tagged With: Costa Rica fishing, pelagic, quepos costa rica, Rockstar, ron kawaja

MAZU Annouces Partnership With ROFFS– Analyses Digitized and Overlaid Directly onto Sportfishing App

February 8, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

Users Can Now Access or Download ROFFS Reports When Offshore

Reston, Va. and Melbourne, Fla. – mazu, a leading marine technology and satellite communications brand and ROFFS™ (Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service), a scientific consulting company, announced today they have entered a partnership. Now with the free mazu SportFishing app, anglers can view and download their ROFFS fishing forecast hot spots while offshore. Information from ROFFS is digitally overlaid directly onto detailed sea surface temperature (SST), chlorophyll, current and altimetry charts in the mazu SportFishing app for iPad.

ROFFS provides a variety of the high-resolution satellite-derived fishing oceanographic analyses that are customized for local, recreational and tournament anglers. These analyses are specialized for pelagic fish like tuna, marlin, wahoo, dolphin, sailfish, swordfish, spearfish, shark, kingfish and bluefish. ROFFS professional oceanographers analyze multiple real-time oceanographic datasets including but not limited to; ocean currents, SST, clarity, ocean color/chlorophyll, plankton, frontal boundaries, species habitat of targeted fish, and bottom structure to guide users to the most productive waters for a successful fishing trip. This data is integrated into hot spot locations detailed on an oceanographic map and a comprehensive text description that is easy to understand and use.

SportFishing users can download their report straight from ROFFS website or by their emailed PDF from ROFFS by simply clicking the “Open With” button at the top right and select “Copy to mazu”. The app will automatically open and populate the fishing hot spots onto the screen. Each location is selectable to see the ROFFS analysis about that fishing spot. SportFishing is accessible over satellite for offshore use via mazu m2500 hardware, those users are also able to receive ROFFS reports and updates while offshore and out of cellular or WiFi range.

“We are thrilled to be the first sport fishing technology to offer the exclusive details of ROFFS analysis data in a digital format,” said Craig Myers, director of product management, mazu. “The mazu SportFishing app already offers vital detail and features that no other service provides. By combining ROFFS in-depth analysis onto a free and intuitive platform for users to display makes the SportFishing app absolutely essential for every angler.”

“We are very excited to partner with mazu in this endeavor,” said Matthew Upton, president and owner, ROFFS. “We are trying to create a better experience for our users. By having our analyses more accessible in an intuitive georeferenced platform, combined with all the real-time data and satellite capabilities that mazu provides is going to be a gamechanger for our clients.”

For information about mazu SportFishing, and other mazu products, please visit www.mazu-marine.com. For information about ROFFS, please visit www.roffs.com.

Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News, Press Releases Tagged With: billfish, boat electronics, dolphin, fish, high resolution, InTheBite, magazine, marlin, mazu marine, ocean fishing forecast, partnership, pelagic, roffs, satellite, sportfishing, sportfishing app, tournament anglers, Tuna, Wahoo, weather

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