BGFA 2015 heaviest Blue Marlin landed on a Viking!

BGFA 2015 heaviest Blue Marlin landed on a Viking!

Josh Archer, fishing on his grandfather's boat, De Reel Viking in the 2015 Barbados Game Fishing Association International Tournament, landed the heaveist Blue Marlin and set a new record at 524.5 lbs.

Headquartered at the Port St Charles Marina, the 2015 Tournament attracted 28 Boats with 165 Anglers, including 9 Female and 18 Junior Anglers.

Some other Tournament stats are:

6 Foreign Boats (2 - St. Lucia, Grenada, Trinidad, Antigua, USVI and a crew from Canada that chartered a local boat) 

Releases: Blue 28, White 6, Sailfish 11

Landed: Blue 1, Yellow Fin Tuna 10, Dolphin 74, Wahoo 3.

Total Billfish Count: 46

Photo by Angelique Edwards - left to right Derek Edwards, Alex Cole, Bjorn Bjerkhamn, de Marlin, Josh Archer, Chris Ward, Nicholas Lashley