Attractive resorts dot the mountainous terrain that juts from the deep emerald waters.
The owners, captains and anglers aboard the nine sport fishing yachts moored quietly at the small Biras Creek marina were concerned. The following day was the first of the international billfish tournament and they were being forced by the tournament director to fish a relatively unknown and unproven area nearby. What they found out on that first day, however, would set the sport fishing crowd on its ear. Without exception, all nine vessels fishing the South Drop of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands caught more blue marlin than ever, anywhere. Each afternoon of the four day tournament was a celebration of sorts.