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Archive - May 2019

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Light tackle blacks at Fraser Island

4 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

Thursday update: And Thursday for Mistress’ last day they added another 12. And the boys on Hold Fast split over two boats for the day and went 6 and 4 respectively. What a week! Wednesday...

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Cairns giant black marlin season 2018

4 years ago
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by Kelly Dalling Fallon

Season 2018 round up On the blog I had 718 black marlin reported to me in season 2018. Of those 154 were reported as big fish (depending on who you talk to generally being 700-800 or bigger). And 25...

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Gold Coast solo slam

4 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

Congrats to Grant Thomson for his sword which marked his final species of Aussie billfish fishing SOLO in Gold Coast water. Grant says it was a lucky catch for him fishing for snapper on the 36s this...

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SEQ update

4 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

Capt. Ross McCubbin’s Lucky Strike found a few blues north of the Gold Coast Thursday including this one, Stan’s first marlin. Ross also reports Dave Cassar on Sea Baby had a few bites on...

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May Day weekend sked catchup

4 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

Garmin Mooloolaba Billfish Bonanza The oginally weather postphoned tournament was held over the weekend with David Trask’s Big Business notching up their third tournament win in as many comps...

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The Black Marlin Blog is your one-stop home to fishing reports and information about marlin fishing in Australia. The site encompasses more than 15 years of fishing reports from the Cairns giant black marlin season in the north all the way across to blue marlin in Exmouth, WA. The site also includes information about chartering a boat and destination guides with specific focus on marlin fishing in Australia.

The site is written by Kelly Dalling Fallon who started BMB during her first Cairns giant black marlin season in 2005 and is now a veteran of 16 black marlin seasons.

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