I’ve hired quite a few charters over the years in various waters, and in 2025 I booked one of Nauti Dream’s charters to try to get my billfish. That’s when I met Marlon (and Josh) who were proven billfish masters. We didn’t have luck in 2025, but I vowed to book them again to try my luck when I returned in 2026.

This year, I booked the six hour charter, hoping I’d at least hook into a billfish. Just as we hit the offshore waters, I landed two kingfish… then the magic happened. A blue marlin came up on a teaser, Marlon and his crewmate Mario jumped into action, and sure enough, the marlin took our bait and I got the battle my dream fish.

I’d love to admit I did a C&R, but I fought this fish to the point of exhaustion, so keeping it also gave me my first billfish pics… and given marlon is a staple at every Barbados restaurant and grocery store, I knew not an ounce of the fish would go to waste.

In a very magic moment, right after we landed the marlin, the mahi mahi (“dolphin” as the locals call them) came in, and I managed to catch six of them before the end of the trip (five in quick succession, and one more as we were trolling back in).

Amazingly on the same trip & an hour or two after landing my marlin, a smaller blue marlin came up on the teaser, but didn’t take the bait. I am so glad I met Marlon and the amazing team at Nauti Dreams, and I will definitely be back with them again on my next visit to Bim!