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re: Possible new Blue Marlin record caught at Tarpon rodeo
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:47 pm to PapaPogey
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:47 pm to PapaPogey
I'm being honest
no way i'm cutting that fish, i say that sitting in my living room room drinking beer and saying what i would do "without a shadow of a doubtat thing", but you know how that goes..
but yeah, thing is going home with me
no way i'm cutting that fish, i say that sitting in my living room room drinking beer and saying what i would do "without a shadow of a doubtat thing", but you know how that goes..
but yeah, thing is going home with me
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Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:48 pm to PapaPogey
I'd like to see the amount of fish that died shortly after being fought for hours. I'd be surprised if it wasn't a good amount of them.
I understand people wanting to tag and release, but if I caught a monster like that, it'd be hard for me to release it.
I understand people wanting to tag and release, but if I caught a monster like that, it'd be hard for me to release it.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:48 pm to PapaPogey
More than likely after a 13 hour fight the fish was DOA when it got to the boat so had to keep it. Ate Marlin in Hawaii years ago, some of the best fish I have ever eaten, it won't go to waste.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:51 pm to Da Hammer
I guess you're right about the fighting til death part of it, and in that case you have an easy decision. This goes both ways and I honestly wouldn't judge anyone who keeps one regardless.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:52 pm to Da Hammer
quote:
it. Ate Marlin in Hawaii years ago, some of the best fish I have ever eaten, it won't go to waste.
I have has it as sashimi, not as good as tuna, but still pretty good...
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:54 pm to wickowick
Marlin sashimi is solid.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:55 pm to JAB528
Very much like swordfish
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:55 pm to Da Hammer
quote:
Ate Marlin in Hawaii years ago, some of the best fish I have ever eaten, it won't go to waste.
and was it from a damn near 1K pound blue?
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:55 pm to Da Hammer
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anybody that says they are gonna fight a fish 3+ hours and cut it loose is a damn liar or fool.. simple as that
Supposedly a 13 hour fight to which there is argument the fish was as good as dead upon being landed. On the other hand, that's an excessively long time to fight the fish. Bigger get landed routinely in less than half or even a quarter of that time. Makes me think that they were using too light of tackle or that the Captain could have done more... Or it could simply be that the story has been embellished a bit. Either way, a hell of a fish and the woulda, coulda and shouldas don't mean much now..
This post was edited on 7/27/13 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:56 pm to PapaPogey
It was about a 650 lber if memory serves me correct. It was very good eating, didn't eat it as sushi, ate it cooked, very good. As someone else stated, much like swordfish. At least it has some table fare value compared to say a Tarpon.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:57 pm to wiltznucs
13 hours has to be a typo. That's a long fricking time to fight a fish.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:58 pm to JAB528
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I'd like to see the amount of fish that died shortly after being fought for hours.
exactly
mortality rate is through the roof after 2+ hours
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:59 pm to JAB528
my thoughts exactly. I better be getting fed miller lites the whole time, and myy back would be toast by the end of that. 
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:59 pm to Da Hammer
Definitely agree, no reason to keep a tarpon unless you have a horde of hungry cats.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:59 pm to PapaPogey
I'd be dehydrated and drunker than a motherfricker by the end of that.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 9:43 pm to GREENHEAD22
crummy captain/angler if that took 13 hours, unless they hooked it on a 30 stand-up gear.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 9:59 pm to GREENHEAD22
Congratulations to the crew of the Whoo Dat with a 712 lb Blue Marlin !
As for the 13 hr fight; fish are like people, some in better shape than others. 13 hrs s very possible, but the fish was probably dead and they may have had to plane it up from deep water a few feet at a time. If this was the case, they are damn lucky to have landed it and not broken the line or straightened a hook.
I know these guys and they play by the rules and have always been honorable fishermen--- hats off to yah guys! Nice fish.
As for the 13 hr fight; fish are like people, some in better shape than others. 13 hrs s very possible, but the fish was probably dead and they may have had to plane it up from deep water a few feet at a time. If this was the case, they are damn lucky to have landed it and not broken the line or straightened a hook.
I know these guys and they play by the rules and have always been honorable fishermen--- hats off to yah guys! Nice fish.
Posted on 7/27/13 at 10:02 pm to aVatiger
you da man 
Posted on 7/27/13 at 10:04 pm to Gulffisherman
I don't see how there's anyway that should've taken 13 hours to fight.
Hell my boss's buddy caught a 650# marlin in Costa Rica last summer and it only took I wanna say 5 hours to land.
Either way its a hell of a fish.
Hell my boss's buddy caught a 650# marlin in Costa Rica last summer and it only took I wanna say 5 hours to land.
Either way its a hell of a fish.
This post was edited on 7/27/13 at 10:06 pm
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