750 lb Blue Marlin

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750 lb Blue Marlin

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My buddy Paul sent me this picture of a blue marlin that they caught in the Bahamas last Thursday - on JT51's holes. She was tail-wrapped and died....750-800 lbs.

If I ever change jobs - I'm calling Paul up first he travels the world chasing big fish :-D
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I might have known someone would find that hole sooner or later.
That is a baby from that spot.
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:thumbup: on the catch, :thumbdown: on the fact that it died.....
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gorgeous fish, would love to read the report on the fight.


horrible that she died though :(
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Re: 750 lb Blue Marlin

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No reason to kill (or let die) a Marlin.
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What part of it was tail wrapped, which is an unavoidable fallacy of this type fishing, did anyone not read?
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Chalk wrote:What part of it was tail wrapped, which is an unavoidable fallacy of this type fishing, did anyone not read?
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I don't think it is a fallacy. I think it is really unavoidable.

PS That is a big bream.
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i just said it was a shame. sure the fellas that caught it felt the same. stuff happens in the real world....
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hey chalk is he bring you any steaks back
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