Massive Blue Marlin caught

Looks like a big tuna. Wonder if it was still edible too.

I kinda thought the same thing.

I'm pretty sure there is commercial marlin fishing in Central and South America.

I've seen Marlin on the menu in a few S. Florida restaurants back in the 2000's, but not recently.

Should have weighed it before cutting the tuna out.

Barefoot dude in shorts and a tank top running around the deck of a commercial fishing boat. Must be Mexico.

Not hard to believe a marlin that size would target a YFT in the 40-60 lb range. We have caught marlin half that size with 15-20 lb blackfin tuna.

Fricking long line boats.

Marlin is truly an amazing creature....here it is as a baby:



To something as majestic as this:



or even bigger....quite a few experts say this is a 2K pound fish...captain that hooked it said its easily between 2000-3000 pounds (and he boated a 1300 pound marlin)



here she is greyhounding:

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I'm pretty sure there is commercial marlin fishing in Central and South America. I've seen Marlin on the menu in a few S. Florida restaurants back in the 2000's, but not recently.

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There is definitely commercial marlin fishing in Central and South America and in Portugal. Pretty good eating...not noticeably different than sword fish. Common menu item in high end Mediterranean in Europe. I imagine they also catch them commercially in other parts of north Africa and the Mediterranean but I don't know for certain. Probably a by catch of long line sword fishing mostly but I could be wrong.

Smaller tuna and bonito and the like make excellent marlin baits. Most Granders probably do not survive being released because there is no way to match tackle to a fish that size that will allow catching and reviving in a timely fashion. They may as well be eaten as released only to sink a few hours later. The same is true of all light tackle big game fishing....reviving a 150 pound tarpon caught on a fly rod is a science and even when done perfectly very few tarpon survive the experience. Were I the Tarpon I would far rather it be up to me to live or die after wards so its best to try to revive them but very few make it. I personally have quit catching big fish on light tackle because of this....its a blast but a 100 pound pacific sail is to valuable a resource and to great an animal for me to kill simply because I want to catch another one on a flyrod...