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
While fishing the Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic, Capt. Corey Hard on the Askari, released an 1,100 lbs Black Marlin. This is the 5th Grander Black Marlin on the Great Barrier Reef this year
While fishing the Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic, Capt. Tim Dean on the Calypso, released an 1,100 lbs Black Marlin. This is the 4th Grander Black Marlin on the Great Barrier Reef this year. Expect more as there have been a nice number of 900 lbs class fish
Waianae's first grander of 1989 was this monster blue caught with Capt. Kendrick Ching on the PATTI ANN. Ross and Charlie fought the fish with a 14/0 Penn Senator reel and 150-lb test line after it ate a 3-lb aku they were using for bait.
Kona's fame as a destination for giant blue marlin took another leap forward when Willie Erickson returned on the VALKYRIE II with another grander in May of 1967. This was the VALKYRIE II's second 1,000-lb marlin and only the seventh caught in Hawaii until this time.
Dennis Kunahisa and three friends were fishing on the AHNDI LYNN 15 miles off the North Shore of Oahu when they hooked their monster marlin on 150-lb test line. The fight lasted for 1 hour and 20 minutes. The Haleiwa scales only went to 1,000 lbs so they had to estimate the weight of the fish between 1100 and 1200 lbs.