The low-slung, wind-swept and starkly beautiful Sea Islands separate coastal South Carolina from the Atlantic Ocean, buffering the Palmetto State’s Lowcountry region from all but the nastiest weather.

This year's competition was set "to be the most attended edition" ever, the organiser of the event, Commodore Jose Miguel Diaz Escrich, told Cuban news agency Prensa Latina (PL) on Monday.

Three tournaments into the 2024 S.C. Governor's Cup Billfishing Series, the boat Outlier, a 62-foot Spencer captained by Ryan Riggs and owned by Anomaly Sportfishing LLC, has posted three third-place ...

Steve Mozeley’s Hammer Time made the most of a great sailfish bite off South Carolina to win first place in the Megadock Billfishing Tournament, held in Charleston June 29 through July 2, 2016. The ...

Billfish have left an impression on John P. "Jack" Duvall. And he on them. The fit 69-year-old, who lives on the edge of Galveston Bay, is one of a relative handful of recreational anglers, worldwide, ...

Mike Glaesner, who has captained Sportin' Life for much of his offshore fishing career, was named the 2023 recipient of the S.C. Governor's Cup Billfishing Series' Carroll A. Campbell award. The award ...

Entering the final day of the final tournament in the 30th annual South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, Capt. Alan Neiford of Mister Pete knew the crew’s season could go in any number of ...

PLAYA CARRILLO, Costa Rica -- Anyone who billfishes in the mid-Atlantic is keenly aware of the downsides of the game. You rise at 4 a.m., pound through rough seas getting to the Gulf Stream, might ...

The Dominican Republic is home to one of sport fishing’s most remarkable feats—where Gunpowder set the record for Atlantic blue marlin releases in a single day with 27, achieved in November 2025.

THE ISSUE: Fishing and hunting; OUR OPINION: Billfish series reinforces legacy of angler, hunters being top conservationists The first two tournaments of the 2012 Governor’s Billfishing Series are in ...