Captain Steve Lassley to Pre-fish With Selected Teams before Crow’s Nest Catalina Classic and Avalon Billfish Classic

This year tournament anglers will have the opportunity to learn from the Crow’s Nest Fishing Team and pre fish aboard their own boat with Captain Steve Lassley. “We have a tremendous collection of top notch anglers on our Crow’s Nest Fishing Team, including Team Bad Company. We look forward to sharing their knowledge and expertise with the tournament anglers this year” stated Crow’s... [Read more]

Fraser Volpe Stedi-Eye Mariner Gyros Key to Catching More Marlin

Fraser Volpe, the recognized leader in marine gyroscopic stabilized binoculars (or gyros as they are regularly called by local anglers), has long been a sponsor of the California Billfish Series marlin tournaments. This year, a set of Fraser Volpe Stedi-Eye Mariner stabilized binoculars will be one of the four mega raffle drawings for the Crow’s Nest Avalon Billfish Classic Marlin Tournament. All... [Read more]

Team Rosters, Photo Galleries, and More Now on the Website.

We are getting closer and closer to tournament season, and the entries are starting to come in for teams participating this year. As part of the newly designed website, each team has its own page, with a list of which events they will be participating in, the roster of anglers, and a photo gallery of the team and its members from the 2008 events. As the tournaments get going, new photos, plus a log... [Read more]

Jim Kingsmill and Mike “the Beak” Hurt presenting at Dana Angling Club Marlin Seminar

The Dana Angling Club will be hosting its annual Marlin Seminar on Thursday, July 9th at 6 p.m. at the Aliso Creek Inn in Laguna Beach. Presenting will be Jimmy Kingsmill from Team Bad Company and Mike “the Beak” Hurt. Jimmy Kngsmill hooked up to a marlin Both of these guys have well deserved reputations as being among the top marlin fishermen around. The topics they plan on covering... [Read more]

Pompanette Back as Classic “Fight the Fish” Sponsor

Pompanette, a long time sponsor of the California Billfish Series and the Catalina Classic will be back in Avalon again this year with the popular “Fight the Fish” contest. Teams will select one of their members to sit in a Pompanette fighting chair and pull a “sled” fish up the grass at the Descanso Beach Club Check in Party. The angler that pulls the sled accross the finish... [Read more]

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