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  Tag along with us as we give you a glimpse into a day in the life of Pelagic Jr Pro, Abram “Tarzan” Miller. From making bait, reading the water and the tides, making the perfect casts, and ultimately landing a variety of inshore gamefish, Tarzan does it all! Growing up along the Space Coast of Florida, Tarzan has been fishing since he was six years old. His specialties are inshore fishing on his 20’ East Cape Vantage and land-based surf casting along the coast. When he gets the chance to get offshore, bottom fishing and deep dropping are his...

  For the past decade, the bluefin tuna fishing off Southern California has been as good as it gets. Fish from 20 to well-over 200 lbs are caught regularly as they gorge themselves on massive schools of baitfish. Join us as Pelagic Pro Team Captain Tyler Kapela leaves his home waters of Tampa Bay and heads out west in search of big bluefin, using heavy spinning tackle and topwater lures. Running out to the zone on a beautiful Southern California day. Tyler's tackle: Rod - Indian Pacific GT Tamer PE 8-10 || Reel - Shimano Stella 18k || Cast Lures...

  PELAGIC’s Triple Crown of Fishing delivers the most exciting finish in tournaments nine-year history, with over 250 marlin released over two days of intense competition, dorado up to 52.5 lbs, and wahoo up to 41.4 lbs. It all came down to the final minutes.   Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: With a solid striped marlin bite and just over $400,000 in cash up for grabs, a frantic last-minute finish, featuring multiple leaderboard changes amongst the top three teams, made for the most dramatic ending in event history. In the end, with 39 striped marlin releases, it was three-time runner up...

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a highly migratory species found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. This species is highly valued for its meat, which is rich in protein and omega-3 fatty acids, and is consumed in many countries across the globe. In this article, we will take a detailed look at the yellowfin tuna, including its appearance, size, distribution, habitat, diet, fishing, and conservation status.   Appearance Yellowfin tuna is a streamlined fish with a pointed head and a body that is broader in the middle and tapers to a slender tail. The upper part of the...

  Pelagic Pro Team Capt. Kevin Hibbard is the ultimate marlin fisherman. He is prolific in both fishing lure or bait for our ocean's largest billfish - blue or black marlin. Both a captain and a mate/wireman, Kevin has seen it all - wiring grander blue marlin off Hawaii, and grander black marlin off Australia. He has also designed many lures, leaning on his years of experience marlin fishing. Capt Hibbard has won and placed in multiple Kona and Maui tournaments and he holds the world record for shortbill spearfish on 16-lb tackle. His Grander Black marlin (1018lb) caught in...