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new texas state record marlin (972 lbs)
Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:27 am
Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:27 am
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louisiana needs to catch up. can't believe mississippi and florida beating us in biggest marlin. and ours was back in 77.
mississippi: 1,054 (2002)
florida: 1046 (2001)
louisiana: 1018 (1977)
texas: 972 (2014)
alabama: 845 (2013)
louisiana needs to catch up. can't believe mississippi and florida beating us in biggest marlin. and ours was back in 77.
mississippi: 1,054 (2002)
florida: 1046 (2001)
louisiana: 1018 (1977)
texas: 972 (2014)
alabama: 845 (2013)
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Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:41 am to runningTiger
Once in a life time fish, fishing the Gulf. Would give my right nut to be on the other end of that fish. 
Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:51 am to runningTiger
Why do they have state records when these fish are caught hundreds of miles off the coast? The only one I'm familiar with is the Gulf record which was caught by Barry Carr.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 6:23 am to plazadweller
most of these fish have been caught off of the Louisiana coast. its all about where they are weighed in
Posted on 7/20/14 at 6:25 am to runningTiger
also, that must be a pretty shitty tournament if they only won 40k for that fish
yeah, just looked at it, only a 5k entry fee...
so they probably burnt 10k in fuel, nice little profit
yeah, just looked at it, only a 5k entry fee...
so they probably burnt 10k in fuel, nice little profit
This post was edited on 7/20/14 at 6:29 am
Posted on 7/20/14 at 8:30 am to BigHoss
More than likely they won a lot more than that in the Calcutta. Depending on what they bet of course.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 8:59 am to BigHoss
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40k
My gfs dad does tournaments and they won 1st place Mahi and their boat $160000
Posted on 7/20/14 at 9:12 am to Bama and Beer
haha yeah, reel fire won over a mil last year on that alabama state record marlin
Posted on 7/20/14 at 9:27 am to Bama and Beer
You need to get in on that!
Posted on 7/20/14 at 2:11 pm to lake2280
Not sure if that tournament had a Calcutta. The big Calcutta tourney in Texas is poco bueno.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 9:47 pm to BigHoss
quote:
most of these fish have been caught off of the Louisiana coast. its all about where they are weighed in
yeah that might be true, but i dont think the texas or florida fish were caught off the la coast. might be wrong. texas fish was caught of port aransas down by corpus - not really close to la waters.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:16 pm to BigHoss
simply not true
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:15 am to fishfighter
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Once in a life time fish, fishing the Gulf. Would give my right nut to be on the other end of that fish.
We had our chance two weeks ago. Hooked a fish while trolling Ursa that spooled a Penn International 80W
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:19 am to bayoudude
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Hooked a fish while trolling Ursa that spooled a Penn International 80W
Must have foul hooked a dolphin
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:24 am to Motorboat
Got caught in the current next to the drill ship Noble John Taylor and couldn't back down on the fish like we needed to. Everyone was sick watching 1200 yds of line scream out then the knot break. Took all of about 2 minutes to happen
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:46 am to bayoudude
I had two bluefins spool two 80s at the exact same time. Nothing could be done about it.
I've also foul hooked a dolphin (mammal) that spooled a 50 in about 30 seconds.
I've also foul hooked a dolphin (mammal) that spooled a 50 in about 30 seconds.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:04 am to Motorboat
The power of those fish never ceases to amaze me. On the way out we had a huge school of the mammal type pass under the boat. Really cool to see over a hundred of them streaking under and around the boat. Had at least 15 of them following the bow wave at one point.
Back to the OP i did hear on the radio that weekend that a monster blue marlin had been caught in TX.
Back to the OP i did hear on the radio that weekend that a monster blue marlin had been caught in TX.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:22 am to bayoudude
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.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:24 am to lsuson
Man that must have been a crazy experience. I don't think there is much you could do in a multiple hook up situation with fish that big.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:27 am to lsuson
Kind of what happened to us. We were trolling and decided to pick up and roll out. We took the boat out of gear and the baits dropped and the BF tuna hit the dropping baits and took off, spooling us.
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