Black Marlin Cairns, Australia
Weighed on Odyssey
Black Marlin Cairns, Australia
Weighed on Coral Seatel
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.
