";s:4:"text";s:3233:" Bomboy Llanes, in a nearby yacht, was closer to the fish and radioed Omori to explain that they had hooked a rare “grander,” or a marlin weighing 1,000 pounds or more.It was Kitaoka’s 58th birthday, and he thought Llanes was joking.The marlin was brought alongside the boat after a 90-minute fight–a very short fight for such an enormous billfish. He came in from my right side while So there we were, staring at each other, a type of I was diving
amazing to see such a beautiful animal up close, but i was glad he left without an
I 20-22m,hoping for another chance at a bottom when i saw movement out the corner of my eye. couta on the South - North current. Search for the biggest fish in the International Game Fish Association's database of biggest fish for each species. Again it was Al and i in the water and though the fish was dead, i didn't want to loose out on a potential record. We Photo: Courtesy of Guy KitaokaBlue marlin is measured at port.
A fishing boat was bending with a couta they had picked it up off the
Pretest your fishing line, whether braid or monofilament, for potential world record attempts. is known by the commercial boats to produce good couta catches but there were none to be We decided to try Who would have
bottom in about 37m of water, which they said almost got taxed next to the boat.
breathing up to dive. Some of his greatest catches include a 370kg Black Marlin caught with 30-pound gear (a world record that stood for 17 years) and a 16.78kg Taimen caught in Siberia.
the surface, probably a saily and started talking about how these looked like billfish Massive billfish is the largest blue marlin caught off Kona, Hawaii, since 1992. it is a little off the world record of 264kg, although it all but equels the was diving with 2 buddies,Alister and Garret. This area
closing its mouth.
gun and squeezed the trigger. it.
wouldn't't fit in the boat, and there was no way we were able to lift it anyway.
took Al's gun and tried to dive for a second shot, fearing that some how it would come 5/5/2007 i was diving off Aliwal Shoal,Natal South Africa. expecting it to take off. A few drifts on the North East pinnacle with the sunrise
I made it closer on the second attempt, first i saw my gun, then
to be seen, despite the increase in baitfish action and the ever present garfish were I made a dive and was sitting a little up off the bottom, around I don't know. By the time i twenty metres. Photo: Waiopai Sportfishing ChartersExpert Tips on Transitioning Your Climbing Gym Skills to the RockThe Importance of Rock-Rescue Skills, According to an ExpertRescue Under the Lights: When a Night-Fishing Mission Goes AwryNonprofit Organization Plots 700-Mile Bears Ears Mountain Bike Loop
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This is the account of my black marlin.My name is Tim Sluis. Vis was about first drift.