Sports/local/boating Fishing

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Marlin fishing or billfishing is an offshore saltwater game fishing targeting several species of fast-swimming pelagic predatory fish with elongated rostrum collectively known as billfish, which include those from the families Istiophoridae (marlin, spearfish and sailfish) and Xiphiidae (swordfish). It is considered by some fishermen to be a pinnacle of big-game fishing, due to the size, speed and power of the billfish and their relative elusiveness. Of all the billfish species, 10 of them are of the most interest to blue water anglers: Atlantic and Pacific blue marlin, black marlin, white marlin, striped marlin, Atlantic sailfish, Indo-Pacific sailfish, longbill spearfish, shortbill spearfish and the swordfish. Fishing for marlin captured the imagination of some sport fishermen in 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. These days, a lot of resources are committed to the construction of private and charter billfishing boats to participate in the billfishing tournament circuit. These are expensive purpose-built offshore vessels with powerfully driven deep sea hulls. They are often built to luxury standards and equipped with many technologies to ease the life of the deep sea recreational fisherman, including outriggers, flying bridges and fighting chairs, and state of the art fishfinders and navigation electronics.

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Article title : Marlin fishing
"Marlin fishing or billfishing is an offshore saltwater game fishing targeting several species of fast-swimming pelagic predatory fish with elongated rostrum..."
Article title : Boating
"vessels (such as rowing and paddle-boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing. It is a popular activity..."
Article title : Fishing vessel
"A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the..."
Article title : Ray Scott (angler)
""building the sport of bass fishing to its rightful place in the first rank of American sports." As the "godfather" of modern bass fishing, he created the first..."
Article title : Sports Edition Magazine
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Article title : Lake Springfield
"generating plant. It has also served as a focus of local recreation. High-powered motor boats and aquatic sports are allowed on much of the lake, and the lake..."
Article title : Recreational fishing
"Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which..."
Article title : Bass fishing
"float tubes, kayaks and also motor boats made specifically for bass fishing (colloquially called bass boats). Bass fishing commonly involves the use of artificial..."
Article title : Malibu Boats
"Acquires Malibu Boats". Mergr.com. August 22, 2006. Liestman, Brianna (September 19, 2017). "2017 Boating Industry Movers & Shakers". Boating Industry. Kaiser..."
Article title : On the Water (magazine)
"On The Water is an American fishing and boating magazine, covering both freshwater and saltwater topics in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States..."

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