Tight Lines & Good Luck

Welcome to the 24th annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship.

We look forward to your participation in this unique and exciting international event. Each year the World Cup attracts many of the world’s most experienced and skilled anglers and captains. This year we expect several new big marlin locations to be represented in the competition. Eight of the past twentythree World Cup events could have been won by blue marlin weighing less than 600 lbs. Twelve of the competitions could have been won with a 650 lb blue. We note that many tournaments along the Gulf Coast, Florida Panhandle, Mid-Atlantic Coast, Bahamas, and Caribbean are often won by fish is size. We encourage anglers in these locations to participate in the 2008 World Cup. Bermuda and Kona have each won the World Cup five times. They field far more boats on July 4th than other locations. If the Cape Verde Islands, Principe, Madeira, Azores, Gulf Coast, Bahamas, Caribbean, Portugal, Angola and South Pacific had the same number of boats, the competition would really heat up. The current record payout for the World Cup is $375,000. We would like to see that record broken in 2008. Good luck and good fishing!

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News

2008 WORLD CUP FINAL RESULTS
July 6, 2008
Ihu Nui in Kona, Hawaii lands 773.5 lb blue marlin...
(view photo) | (view press release)

News JULY 4th WORLD CUP NEWS
June 02, 2008
Teams are gearing up around the world to compete in the unique 24th annual World Cup Blue Marlin Championship, (World Cup).
News CAN BLACK BART LURES WIN WORLD CUP AGAIN?
May 19, 2008
Two of the four qualifying blue marlin over 500 pounds in the 2007 World Cup Blue Marlin Championship (World Cup) were caught on Black Bart lures.

Mike Leech - Tournament Director Email Me Lynda Wilson - Assistant Tournament Director
Jose Ribeiro - (Madeira) Kathy Bakke - (Kona Hawaii)
Jimmy Loveland - (St. Thomas) Dan Jacobs - (Bermuda)
Dr Ian Nicolson - (Angola) Berno Niebuhr - (Cape Verde Islands)
Augusto Figueira - (Algarve, Portugal) Jimmy Taylor - (US Gulf Coast)
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