On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 08:57:42 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 08:26:13 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 05:19:08 -0800 (PST), 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/

Man that's a lot of fish!

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It sure is. I'd really like to catch a big fish someday but it would
be difficult from our boat, especially with just the two of us on
board. You'd really like to have an experienced person at the helm to
back the boat down and keep the fish positioned properly, along with
another two or three people to help out in the cockpit.

With enough inducement, perhaps Tim and I would fly down and be 'mates' to help you
drag it in.

Have to be honest, I wish it were a 'catch and release' operation.

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I agree with that. You'd like to get it close enough for some good
pictures however. Of course with a big powerful billfish like that
you'd have to "release at a distance", i.e., cut the line. Trying to
actually unhook it would be way too dangerous.

I'd be happy to take people out with us but there are really no big
fish other than sharks and tarpon that are closer than 2 or 3 days
from here. The really good fishing is in the Bahamian out islands and
that's at least a 5 day run from our house.