World Record Sailfish on 2 lb tippet

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World Record Black Marlin on 2 lb test


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ENRICO CAPOZZI - was born and raised in Milano, Italy in a fashion industry family, and has been fishing since he was a very young man. He has been a professional angler since the mid 1970's and his travels have taken him to every continent and every ocean on the planet. Enrico holds current world record catches in the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. With over 9,950 billfish releases and many world record catches to his credit, he is the only man to have caught a billfish on 2 lb tippet, he is notably one of the few men in history to set many blue marlin and black marlin world records never before obtained on fly tackle.

Enrico has always been an adventurer and world traveler, and together with his fishing partner Stacey Georgia Parkerson they have travelled to the pinnacle of fishing. In search of the PERFECT CATCH, Enrico and Stacey search the world on their fishing machine, The Spirit of Pilar, with a team of professionals, Captain Scott Jones, Allen Smith, and Pelon Ruiz, looking for the right conditions, the rights season, the right tackle, the right location, and the right fish.

 

 

Fishing Statistics for Enrico Capozzi –

  • Enrico has released or caught 9,950 billfish (including 611 blue and black marlin)
  • Enrico was awarded 27 times between all billfish categories angler of the year from the Billfish Foundation for the most billfish releases in the world. 
  • Enrico is the only angler in history to have landed billfish world records in both conventional and fly categories.

His achievements include:

  • Largest fish of any kind ever landed in angling history on 2 lb conventional: Black marlin
  • Largest fish of any kind ever landed in angling history on 2 lb fly : Pacific Sailfish
  • Largest fish of any kind ever landed in angling history on 6 lb conventional: Black marlin
  • First ever record blue marlin on fly over 20 to 1 : 8 lb tippet
  • Second world record in angling history over 100 to 1 ( Black marlin on 6 lb - 146.2 to 1)
  • Super Grand Slam of billfish world records on conventional tackle
  • Grand slam of billfish world records on the fly
  • First angler to catch over 100 blue marlin in a year 142 (1995)
  • Successfully caught and released 16 billfish Grand Slams (including first in history on fly rod)
  • Royal Slam (every single billfish species in the world, both oceans)
    Enrico's World Records

Enrico is a contributing writer to many fishing publications and articles written about him can be found here:

http://www.marlinmag.com/article.jsp?ID=8587
http://www.billbeardcostarica.com/php/note_detail.php?id_home=21&id_edicion=195
http://www.igfa.org/newsreleases/April_07/catches_apr2007.asp
http://www.outdoorchannel.com/Shows/WorldClassSportFishing.aspx
http://www.marlinmag.com/article.jsp?ID=17754
http://www.zinio.com/page/?issue=240088929&pg=32
http://www.g350productions.com/season4.html
http://www.tourism.co.cr/costa-rica-activities-and-sports/costa-rica-fishing/from-fashion-designer-to-fisherman.html
http://www.zinio.com/page/?issue=195651309&pg=21
http://www.gamefisherman.com/newsflashes/newsflash/spirit-of-pilar/
http://www.marlinmag.com/techniques/fishing-techniques/fish-men-and-boats-1000062699-page-2.html

 

Enrico Capozzi has developed a technique for catching world record billfish on the fly that he has turned into a finely honed skill of perfection.

"The tackle, the boat, I leave nothing to chance, everything is done for a reason down to the finest detail”
... Enrico Capozzi
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August 18, 2007
World Record Sailfish Video
- Enrico Capozzi catches a World Record Sailfish on 2 lb tippet, all caught on video.

World Record Photos - Some of the exciting photos of Enrico's world record catches

Photos Here
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