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Blue Marlin
Kona, HI
Captain - Marlin Parker
Angler - Keith Hilton
Boat - Marlin Magic
1,035 lbs
Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Captain - Steve Ahlers
Tony Carpenter &
Murray Teasdale
Boat - Hellraiser II
1,098 lbs
Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Captain - Alex Jordon
Boat - Iona II
1,000 lbs.
Blue Marlin
Oahu, Hawaii
Captain - Chris Rubin &
Ricky Fairbanks
Boat - Ruckus
1,005 lbs
Blue Marlin
Cape Verde Islands
Captain - Heiko Steinmetz
Boat - Black Marlin
1,037 lbs
Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Hellraiser
1,100 lbs.
Black Marlin.
Cairns, Australia
Capt. Mark Parkinson
Black Label
1,000 lbs
Blue Marlin
Cape Verde Islands
Captain - Heiko Steinmetz
Boat - Black Marlin
1,177 lbs
Black Marlin
Cairns, Australia
Captain - Daniel McCarthy
Boat - Moana
1,000 lbs.
Black Marlin
Cooktown, Australia
Captain - Brett Goetze
Angler - Stephan Kreupl
Boat -Amokura
1,032 lbs

Blue Marlin Ascension Island

Team Harmattan which included Capt. Bryan Toney, Capt. Olaf Grimkowski, Capt. Chip Van Mols, Dan Holt and Angler Jada Holt weighed a 1,305 lbs. Blue Marlin. This is a Historic catch to say the least as this is the 4th Largest Blue Marlin ever weighed in the Atlantic and is a Pending Women’s 130 lbs. World Record. It took them 15 minutes to get her to the boat after she took a Moyes XL Pusherman. The fish has a 154” Short, 78” Girth and a 19.5 ” Tail. She was thick all the way through though with an 82” Girth at the anal fin. This was a Grander “Dream Team” of sorts with all three of these Captains having caught Granders in their careers. This is Capt. Olaf Grimkowski’s 2nd Blue Marlin over 1,300 lbs, having weighed a 1,320 also in Ascension Island, making him the only one to have done so. Lady Angler Jada Holt is the daughter of Capt. Chip Van Mols, both from Hawaii. This pair has been searching out records since Jada was a little girl with Jada already holding a Junior World Record. Now, Jada’s husband Dan Holt has joined the Team as they continue search out both Marlin and Tuna records.

Blue Marlin Azores

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Blue Marlin Kona, Hawaii

NORTHERN LIGHTS continues it's lucky August with another grander - this 1309 monster caught by Michael Bilich with Capt. Mat Bowman.

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Weighed on Reef Lady

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Blue Marlin Kona, Hawaii

This was the largest blue marlin caught in 1980. The fish attacked a Jim Unger Lollipop lure on 80-lb test line trolled behind the 42-foot Uniflite FOXY LADY under the command of Capt. Tom Salisbury. Crewman Greg Lima handled the leadering duties after the fish fought for an hour. Surprisingly, the marlin had an 80-lb tuna in its throat when brought to the boat.

Black Marlin Cabo Blanco, Peru

Blue Marlin Ascension Island

We had a feeling our 2nd Grander of the Year was going to come from this famed big blue marlin fishery, but nothing this big. Capt. Olaf Grimkowksi put angler Kevin Gardener on an absolute beast of a Blue Marlin, weighing 1,320 lbs. Fishing had been slow most of the trip for Kevin, fishing with co-owner of the Harmattan, Phil Riley. I remember Phil commenting that there were so many small yellowfin around, the fish were not even hungry. Well, at least until today. This is one of the largest Blue Marlin ever captured in the Atlantic Ocean and is only 82 lbs off the World Record