Marlin caught just offshore from home..........

[MuleShoe]

NOW THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF FISH AND CHIPS !

 

[Hayata]

What do you use for fishing line for something like that? Steel cable?

 

[Bear44]

What do you use for fishing line for something like that? Steel cable?

A very good drag system and lots of boat maneuvering.

 

[Bear44]

Why did they kill it? Why not take a picture, get measurements and release it.

I read an article about this catch that says they kept it because it died during the fight. Can't find the link now.

 

[PA4476]

 

[troutman]

I read an article about this catch that says they kept it because it died during the fight. Can't find the link now.

I didn't mean to sound like a hippie tree hugger, but I just don't see why you would kill a big fish like that. If you wanted to get it mounted, the repros they do these days are pretty good.

But if it died, then that makes sense.

 

[Bear44]

I didn't mean to sound like a hippie tree hugger, but I just don't see why you would kill a big fish like that. If you wanted to get it mounted, the repros they do these days are pretty good.

But if it died, then that makes sense.

I feel the same way. Can't eat it, no reason to kill it. I've got a repro of a tarpon I caught that never even came completely out of the water. Looks great!

 

[DinkyDau]

I feel the same way. Can't eat it, no reason to kill it. I've got a repro of a tarpon I caught they never even came completely out of the water. Looks great!

I hated watching some idiot tourist, pull the scale off a Tarpon and let it go...That is a sentence of death, as it makes a path for Parasites to enter..

 

[Bear44]

I hated watching some idiot tourist, pull the scale off a Tarpon and let it go...That is a sentence of death, as it makes a path for Parasites to enter..

Not sure that's true. The guide I caught that tarpon with was a Marine Biologist and very protective of the fish. He did the same thing.

 

[DinkyDau]

Not sure that's true. The guide I caught that tarpon with was a Marine Biologist and very protective of the fish. He did the same thing.

I have first hand seen damage cause by this and told that is what caused it..Just sayin