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CABO Hatteras Billfish Shootout 2013

Apr 26, 2013 No Comments by

The CABO Hatteras Billfish Shootout 2013 was held over the weekend with Castille Charters coming Runner Up Champion Boat on count back with 2 blue marlins tagged and Champion Female. We also tagged our Champion Females blue marlin with a satellite tag. That sat tag was the only tag deployed for the weekend. The tournament [...]

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Grand Slam Marlin Fishing Port Stephens

Feb 04, 2013 No Comments

Up coming 2013 Port Stephens Season “Catch a GRAND SLAM aboard Castille Charters.” Yes you read that correctly. Marlin Fishing Port Stephens = Grand Slam Fishing! Last season, owner Mark caught his first Grand Slam during his 2012 Port Stephens Marlin Fishing Season. He caught a black marlin, blue marlin and striped marlin in the [...]

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950lb Black Marlin to finish the Cairns 2012 seaon

Dec 03, 2012 No Comments

Well another Cairns season has come and gone, but we finished this year on a high, landing a 950lb black marlin for Katie. This was our last marlin charter for the season and by far the most exciting. Over the last 2 days of the charter, we had times where there were 6 fish up [...]

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26th Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic

Oct 22, 2012 No Comments

The 26th Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic started yesterday with 7 of the 26 boats tagging marlin, Castille Charters being one of those boats – well done team! The tournament runs from 20-27 October 2012 and is hotly contested every year. Keep up to date with the action over the tournament – click here to [...]

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Black Marlin Fishing – Cairns Update

Oct 19, 2012 No Comments

OCTOBER UPDATE Our season kicked off this year with owner Mark Ripper in Townsville for some light tackle fun. The juvenile black marlins were very active this year. Mark caught and released 5 from 8 bites, all fishing on 6 kg congrats to Mark! Our next group to join us was Shane and friends Kyron [...]

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Black Marlin Heavy Tackle Season Begins!

Sep 19, 2012 No Comments

Castille Charters has arrived! With 2 happy charters already under our belt, let the games begin. After a change over in Cairns from our last charter out of Cooktown, the team are back out today on a 5 day Coral Sea charter. Good luck to our punters on board! “The thrill of Marlin Fishing is [...]

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Light Tackle Black Marlin Season – Townsville

Sep 04, 2012 No Comments

What a strong start to the season! Castille Charters arrived in Townsville over the weekend and kicked off the season with a bang! Owner Mark is on board to start the season off with his first two days of fishing going 5-4-2, tagging two sailfish on Sunday and 2-2-2, tagging two juvenile black marlins on [...]

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