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re: What's the longest you've ever fought to land a fish?

Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:48 pm to
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
28335 posts
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:48 pm to
Were you listening to the game while fighting the fish?
This post was edited on 7/27/13 at 8:49 pm
Posted by Da Hammer
Folsom
Member since May 2008
5754 posts
Posted on 7/27/13 at 8:49 pm to
1.45 hours YF tuna on the lump, couldn't fish for two days after that just ran the boat and cheered for the rest of the guys fishing.
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
5825 posts
Posted on 7/27/13 at 9:59 pm to
4 minutes on a Spanish mak in the surf at Fourchon...GITR weekend 2012...made the board.. watched a guy fight a blue? marlin, 2 years earlier,..seem to remember 600lbs tossed around...breathtaking..
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6839 posts
Posted on 7/27/13 at 10:06 pm to
quote:

Were you listening to the game while fighting the fish?


Yes. I wasn't paying attention while fighting the fish though. The other guys in the boat had it on and were listening. i layed down and drank beer and listened for the entire 2nd half watching the other guys throw blackfin and a couple wahoos over the rails.
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
5825 posts
Posted on 7/27/13 at 10:09 pm to
that was 2000 by the way...my bad...not that matters
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
10367 posts
Posted on 7/28/13 at 7:33 am to
Offshore: ~20 min 85# yellowfin
Inshore: ~25 min 30# jack
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
53591 posts
Posted on 7/28/13 at 10:41 am to
Offshore: hour and 15 minutes in a yellowfin, can't remember the weight, I want to say about 80lbs

Inshore: 30 minutes on a 45lb drum
Posted by Hermit Crab
Under the Sea
Member since Nov 2008
7161 posts
Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:50 pm to
55 minutes for a 850ish blue marlin
Posted by SmackoverHawg
Member since Oct 2011
27318 posts
Posted on 7/28/13 at 1:56 pm to
10-15 minutes for a big bull red. Probably wasn't even that long.
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