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Black Marlin Bazaruto, Mozambique

Blue Marlin Lanai, Hawaii

Daniel Fuchigami caught his 1,140-lb Pacific blue marlin on June 1, 2009. He was fishing alone on his 18-foot Nautico MANELE KAI powered by a 75-hp Evinrude Etec motor. He was off of Kamalapau Harbor at 1 p.m. and had just put his lines out with a brand-new lure that he got the previous Saturday from Steven Lichter on Lana'i. Daniel hooked up on a Penn 80W reel with 150-lb test mono. After four hours of fighting this fish, he was only a few hundred yards on the inside of NASA buoy. The fish had dragged him about 7 miles.

Blue Marlin Kona, Hawaii

Capt. Kerwin Masunaga was alone on the HOLLY ANN when he hooked his 1140-lb Pacific blue marlin about 8 miles from Kona. He fought the fish for five hours before Teddy Hoogs came over on the PAMELA to help secure the fish. The marlin ate a jet lure.

Blue Marlin Maui, Hawaii

Capt. Guy Bagda of the ANNA II, a 24-foot Radon, raised this monster marlin while trolling a spread of lures near Maui’s JJ-buoy. John Eddy angled the brute using an 80W Penn International reel and 130-lb test line. This was John’s first marlin and a new Maui County record.

Black Marlin Cabo Blanco, Peru

Blue Marlin Mauritius

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Black Marlin Lizard Island, Australia

Blue Marlin Madeira, Portgual

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Weighed on Tropic Queen

Black Marlin Cairns, Australia

Weighed on Tropic Queen

Blue Marlin Oregon Inlet, North Carolina

We were 39 miles southeast of the inlet at a spot called 'The Point.' We hooked the fish on a double-hooked mullet at 10:30 in the morning and landed it in 2 hours, 46 minutes. It jumped more times than we could count. We had it on 100-pound-test line with a 9/0 Penn reel. The captain did a heck of a job with the boat. But we had to get some folks off a nearby boat, the Dutchess of Dare, to help us get it into the Jo-Boy. Took seven of us all together. The scales couldn't weigh it at the (Oregon Inlet) Fishing Center, so we loaded it into a truck and took it to the Hatteras Marlin Club.
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