Marlin Fishing, Bahamas

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Marlin have captured the imagination of sport fishermen since the 1930s, when well-known angler/authors Zane Grey, who fished for black, striped and blue marlin in the Pacific, and Ernest Hemingway who fished the Florida Keys, Bahamas and Cuba for Atlantic blue marlin and white marlin, wrote extensively about their pursuit and enthused about the sporting qualities of their quarry.

Relive the excitement of Hemmingway’s poignant short story ‘The Old man and the Sea’ with some marlin fishing in the Caribbean. These huge fish can weigh up to 1800 pounds making them an impressive conquest for anyone with an adventurous spirit. Chartering a boat out into the cobalt blue waters of the Bahamas is an experience that no one will ever forget.

Today, marlin fishing is considered by many anglers to be the pinnacle of offshore sport fishing, due to the size and power and also the elusiveness of the four marlin species. In the past, considerable skill and resources were required to find, hook and land marlin, particularly the largest blue and black marlin. These skills are today aided by modern technology, particularly the fast and seaworthy vessels associated with sport fishing for marlin, which have the range, speed and seaworthiness to reach distant offshore fishing grounds, and are equipped with state of the art fish-finding and navigation electronic aids.