Hook a legend.
Big-game fishing for iPhone. Troll ten tournaments across a sea that moves like the real thing, fight blue marlin and giant bluefin for an hour, and beat the field at the weigh-in.
From the morning forecast to the four o’clock weigh-in: one day in Big Fish, Blue Sea™.
A tournament day is a whole fishing trip: read the conditions, find the fish, hook one, survive the fight, and get it to the scale before the clock runs out.
Every round starts at the dock. Pick one of three fishing spots on the tournament map, check the forecast — sky, wind and water temperature — and rig for it: line test, line length, lure and depth.
Drive the boat yourself across a real-looking sea. Watch for diving birds, dark bait balls, billfish shadows and spouting whales — then troll past them slow, under a quarter throttle, so you don't scatter the bait.
A shadow peels off the bait and hits your lure. The reel screams. You get one moment to set the hook — too early, too late, and he's gone.
Turn the chair to face him, pump the rod, reel on the way down, thumb the spool, set the drag. He'll run, dive, charge and jump. Drop the rod tip when he's in the air or he'll throw the hook. Big fish fight for an hour.
Bring him alongside, and the gaff goes in. Watch your marlin come up out of the water, streaming, and over the side — then the moment of truth: keep him for the scale, or let him go.
At four o'clock the whole marina turns out for the weigh-in. Your heaviest fish against the field. Beat Vance Sterling and his rented-slip ego, take the round, and move on to bigger water.
A thirty-second taste of the fight. Hold Pump to lift the rod and Reel to gain line. Keep the tension up, but not too high — and when he jumps, let go of everything.
On a keyboard: Space pumps, R reels.
The sea changes with the forecast. On a calm morning it’s glass; when the wind gets up, the swell builds, whitecaps break, and your boat rolls, pitches and throws spray. Wind and current push you off your line. Head into the waves and you’ll lose speed. And sometimes it rains.
Start in the warm shallows of Coral Key and work your way through the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, the Gulf, North Carolina, Cape Cod and the Virgin Islands to the Big Blue Championship. Each one has its own painted map, three spots to fish (the Gulf has five — one in every Gulf state), its own fish and its own rules.
Warm shallows and a famous reef. The locals call it the warm-up. The locals lie.
Volcanic islands and a canyon that drops straight to nowhere.
Bimini, The Bahamas. Water so clear you can count the fish that are ignoring you.
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. White marlin here travel in crowds, like tourists.
Five states, one Gulf, and every captain swears their state has the biggest fish.
Crystal Coast, North Carolina. Every boat out here has a grandfather who did it better.
Cold water, fog and fish the size of a sofa. Sweaters in July, zero irony.
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Full moon in August, and the giant blues show up to the party.
A windy channel between two big islands. Currents rip, and so do the fish.
The far-out islands. Only the best boats make the trip. The fish are enormous.
Play as any of twenty characters — each with a look, a lucky charm and a story about the one that got away. Online, everyone sees who you picked.
“Fifty-pound test is a donation, son.”
Forty years at the wheel and an opinion about every one of them. He finds the fish, calls the fight, and tells you exactly what you did wrong.
“I already wrote my victory speech. You’re in it. As a cautionary tale.”
Sponsored boat, rented slip, perfect teeth. He’s won every tournament on the tour, and he’ll remind you before each one.
Blue, black, striped and white marlin, sailfish and swordfish for the billfish rounds; giant bluefin and yellowfin for the tuna shootout; and makos, barracuda and dorado to keep you honest. Each one fights its own way.
Online, everyone fishes the same spot under the same sky at the same time. Every catch lands on a live ticker, and the leaderboard moves while you fight.
Matched with an angler at your level in seconds, any time of day.
Send a code, pick the water, and settle who really caught the bigger one.
Open tournaments with a field of anglers and a single day to land the heaviest fish.
The server keeps the clock, so the bite, the weather and the weigh-in hit everyone together.
Muscle, Body and Skill grow from D to AA as you fish, and open up the trophy fish.
8 lures, 4 line tests from 30 to 130 lb, line length and depth — rig wrong and the fish will tell you.
Feather JigSmall fish magnet.
Plug HeadDoes a bit of everything.
Eyeball HeadSeen from farther away.
Fluorescent HeadGlows in low light.
Small SkirtSailfish and striped.
Large SkirtBig marlin bait.
Small Live BaitStrong, but goes stale.
Large Live BaitTrophy bait for pros.Big Fish, Blue Sea™ is coming to the App Store for iPhone. Tap “Get the game” to see when it lands.
An iPhone. The game plays in landscape. Career mode works offline; online matches and tournaments need an internet connection.
It’s easy to start and hard to master. Cap’n Ray coaches you from the first cast, the early tournaments go easy on you, and the fight gets more forgiving as your Muscle, Body and Skill level up.
Yes. Quick Match finds an angler at your level, or send a friend a code. Everyone fishes the same water, at the same time, with a live leaderboard.
No. The tournaments, the rivals and the trophy are made up. The places are real waters — Bimini, Cape Cod, the Gulf, St. Thomas and more — chosen for the fish they’re famous for.
No. It’s a cartoon fishing adventure. Fish are gaffed and weighed, or released, without anything graphic.
Big Fish, Blue Sea™ is getting its sea legs. It’s coming to the App Store for iPhone.
