Mike Rivkin

Mike Rivkin is a veteran offshore angler and past president of the venerable Tuna Club of Santa Catalina Island. He is also a retired catalogue publisher and has written extensively on the history of angling, including five widely acclaimed books. On the water, Mike has caught every type of marlin that swims, most notably a 1,226 lb black marlin taken off Australia in 1984. He splits his time between La Jolla and Catalina Island, California and continues to fish the Pacific waters nearby.