BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - Teen catches gigantic 1,058-lb. marlin in Hawaii

Califbill

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:51:20 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 19:00:18 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 5:07:02 AM UTC-8, Wayne. B wrote:
Exciting to watch:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/02/21/grand-blue-marlin-crazy-catch/23789529/

More power to him! I'd love to go out and fish like that someday!

I wonder if he'll have it stuffed or I'm sure there are ready buyers for it.

Smoked marlin is about the only way it tastes good.

I have never heard of anyone eating a marlin or a tarpon.

35 years ago on the charter we took out of Hattaras the captain told
us, if we got a billfish up to the boat, we could get a picture and if
we wanted a mount he would get the measurements but we were turning
the fish loose.
Virtually all of those "mounts" are just fiberglass replicas anyway.
They don't skin and stuff the fish.
The "tarpon" guys I know don't kill the fish either. Actually my
neighbor was saying you could catch a tarpon right now in the north
end of Estero Bay, near Hendry Creek. Probably nothing close to record
size but even a 4' one will put on a show for you.

I really don't fish at all but I do watch fish and I am sure I could
go get some if I wanted to. I have thought about taking the hook off
of a spoon or a spook and seeing if I could get a hit or two.
If a fish nails a plug, you know you had him if you wanted him.

I would love to catch a mahi mahi, or tuna, or any other good-eating fish. But I'd
catch it 'cause I wanted to eat it. I'd love to have a dock where I could walk out to
the end catch a fish or two for dinner, and leave the hassle at home.

Mahi Mahi are some of the most fun fish to catch. Especially the smaller
5-10# ones. They are very acrobatic, lots of coming out of the water. And
when you hit a school of the smaller ones, there may be 3-400 of them.
With a few big one mixed in. On the party boats, you are not allowed to
fish jigs on a dorado school. They catch the hell out of them, but since
the come out of the water flipping around, you may end up with heavy jig
flying in to the boat.