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Peter B. Wright is available for: Charter Fishing - Australia - October, November, December Boat Deliveries - Free lance Captain on YOUR boat for instruction in boat handling, angling instruction, or tournament fishing. Lectures - Inquire about rates for lectures, video presentations for Clubs, or other groups. Chamois Free - Join the Chamois Free World Wide Sportfishing Club. |
Peter B Wright -Bio BORN - Patterson, N.J. January 8,1944 Education - Peter Wright grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and began working on charter sport fishing boats out of Hillsboro Inlet while still in grade school. From age 11 through high school he fished on weekends and during summer vacations. He first fished in the Bahamas with noted Pompano Beach Capt. John Whitmer at age 11 and fished many marlin tournaments in Bimini throughout high school and college. In 1967 Wright visited the Antarctic collecting cephalopods (squid and octopus) as chief scientist for the Univ. of Miami aboard a research cruise of the United States Antarctic Research Program. He traveled throughout the South Pacific upon his return to New Zealand and first fished off the Great Barrier Reef in 1968. Wright has fished every season in Cairns, Australia since 1968. Besides residing in Australia, Wright owned and operated a charter boat in Kona, Hawaii for 5 years. He currently resides in Stuart, Florida between fishing adventures. Among the waters Wright has fished are Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, Mauritius, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, The Ivory Coast, Bom Bom Island, Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Madeira, Puerto Rico , Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands, Bahamas, US Gulf and East Coast, Canada’s Maritime Provinces, East and West Coasts of Mexico, Guatamala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, French Polynesia, Fiji, Hawaii and the Galapagos. As a captain Wright has caught more marlin over 1,000 pounds than any captain or angler in history and has won dozens of tournaments and guided his clients to numerous records. These include the Australian men's record 1442 pound Black Marlin on 130 pound line, women's 80 pound class World and Australian record of 1323 pounds. He holds the Bahamas Bluefin Tuna record of 972 pounds and guided angler Stewart Campbell to a single day's record of 73 Giant Bluefin Tuna tagged and released off Cape Hatteras, N.C. As a contributing editor Wright wrote the Sportfishing column for Motor Boating and Sailing along with many feature articles and boat reports for over 13 years. He was consultant editor for Blue Water Magazine. He gives seminars and consults in the marine and electronics industries and for major fishing tackle companies and is on the Pro Staff for Bass Pro Shops and Offshore Angler. He has recently been hired as Editor at Large by World Publications to write a big game fishing column for "Marlin" Magazine and will also write feature articles for "Sportfishing" and "Marlin" as well as hosting television shows and conducting seminars and "Marlin University" programs. He continues to fish Australia's Great Barrier Reef every October and November. Captain Peter B Wright |
