re: new texas state record marlin (972 lbs)

I wasn't on this particular boat, but I was talking to a captain that charters a private boat. He told me a while back he was taking the owner and is wife out to green canyon, just the three of them. They had three 80W and two 130W dragging baits behind the boat. Well he said all of a sudden all 5 rods go off. They trolled over a school of giant bluefin. 3 of the reels get spooled. The fourth comes off and the fifth was foul hooked and eventually died. Said it took them forever to reel him in. Weighed 700+ lbs. A lot harder to catch fish that big in the gulf because your battling 2,000-4,000 feet of water as compared to the northeast where they are in 150'of water.