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Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Capt. Tim Richardson on Tradition with Steve “Scuba” Hall and Ryan O’Halloran working the deck, put Angler Stetson Gath on this massive 1,220 lbs. Black Marlin. The fish was caught on a lure and was part of a double header, but they pulled the hooks on the smaller 400 lbs. fish. This is the largest fish weighed on the Great Barrier Reef this year and the largest in Capt. Richardson’s career.

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Weighed on Coral Seatel

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Blue Marlin Molokai, Hawaii

First Mate, Hopie Hawkins, and her father, Capt. Eric Hawkins, fought a 1222-lb. marlin for over six hours in an epic battle off Molokai. (April 2016 cover story)

Blue Marlin Cape Verde Islands

Lightning does in fact strike twice, in fact 11 times by our count! The Happy Hooker I has now caught 11 Grander Blue Marlin. The latest was this massive 1,222 lbs. Blue with Capt. Simon Bracey at the helm and Tony & Tutu working the deck. This was Capt. Simon’s 2nd Grander this month, having caught our 12th Grander of the Year, a 1,017 lbs. Blue Marlin on the Happy Hooker II

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Weighed on Tropic Queen

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Weighed on Tropic Queen

Blue Marlin Kona, Hawaii

Capt. Chip Van Mols hooked angler Dean Lemman to his fish of a lifetime by trolling an Erik Rusnak "Smash bait" off the famous Kona Coast. Dean fought the fish by using a Shimano two-speed reel spooled with 130-lb test line. Crewman Shawn Bebeau handled the deck and gaffing chores at the climax of the two-hour, 20-minute battle. This is Capt. Van Mols' fourth grander. Dean's fishing team, Team Dinero, is made up of Dean and Tim Lemman, Adam Garside and Josh Little.

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

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