Manteo, North Carolina: To survive and thrive for more than three decades, a special event has to be…special. Such is the case for the Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament, celebrating its 36th season this year. Long known as one of the premier stops on the big-game circuit, a stroll around the tournament pavilion during Monday’s registration […]
Builder’s Choice definitely made a lasting impression in the 35th annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament. Angler Harris Huddle and his team put a 911-pound blue marlin on the dock on Tuesday, the first day of fishing, and never looked back. That blue, combined with a white marlin release the same day, vaulted the New Bern […]
Medical experts define obsessive-compulsive disorder as ritualized, repetitive behavior a person feels compelled to perform. There were all kinds of OCD types running through Oregon Inlet this week, but on Friday, the last day of competition in the 35th annual PCBT, Obsession led the fleet. Capt. Jeff Ross and his crew aboard the 55 Sheldon […]
Thursday’s leaderboard needed a big Magic Eraser as several boats scored releases to inch up only to be replaced a short while later. But at the end of the day that tallied 71 billfish among the 68 boats fishing, one name remained solidly in first place: Builder’s Choice. The 64 Jarrettt Bay and its New […]
Seventy-one billfish releases on light tackle is a pretty darn good day at most big-game destinations. But for the middle of August, off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, those numbers are just a tad off the norm. Several boats took advantage of their opportunities, however, and racked up some needed points on the leaderboard. They had […]
Builder’s Choice has built an early commanding lead in the 2018 PCBT, without a doubt. Owner/angler Harris Huddle only needed 30 minutes to whip a monster blue marlin that nearly bent the boom on the diesel Caterpillar power lift used to hoist if from the cockpit of the 64 Jarrett Bay. The packed crowd watched […]
The countdown has begun. In just a few short hours coffee will be ready in the galley, the docks will be bustling and the rumble of diesel engines will echo across the marina. The 2018 Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament is underway and 81 crews are busy developing game plans for the next four days. With […]
August 15, 2015; Manteo, North Carolina: By Capt. Dave Lear In the end their lead proved to be insurmountable. After jumping ahead on Thursday, Sea I Sea held off several challengers to win top honors in this week’s 32nd Annual Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament. The Viking 66, run by Capt. Rob Mahoney and owned by […]
August 14, 2015; Manteo, North Carolina: By Capt. Dave Lear Uno Mas, as it turned out, needed cinco mas. On the last day of the 2015 Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament, Uno Mas, a 68 Bayliss skippered by Capt. Tommy Lynskey, made a late charge at the standings by releasing five white marlin. The team had […]
August 13, 2015; Manteo, North Carolina: By Capt. Dave Lear Fishing wasn’t on fire in today’s 2015 Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament, but it wasn’t smoldering, either. Several boats did some serious fin-whippin’ and set personal marks, while others held their own against a very talented field of contestants. It all comes down to the final […]
