| Back in 1953, on May 7th Lou Marron was | | | | taken on a 130 pound test line is a Blue |
| onboard his boat, "Flying Heart" off the | | | | Marlin weighing in at 1,376 pounds. However |
| coast of Chile. They were fishing for | | | | the most amazing Marlin is the one caught by |
| billfish. The Captain of the boat was Eddie | | | | Kelley Everett off the coast of Hawaii. He |
| Wall, who'd done a lot of fishing for | | | | took it using skip bait tuna. It weighed in |
| swordfish. | | | | at 1,103 pounds, the amazing thing is, he |
| | | | caught it using a 30 pound test line! |
| They spotted a giant swordfish and threw the | | | | |
| line across it's nose, the fish turned away. | | | | It took an hour and a half to bring the fish |
| They moved and tried again, this time the | | | | close in with no pauses and no resting! The |
| fish went for the bait. Lou was strapped in | | | | deck hands set three gaffs and hauled the |
| the chair waiting, the line moved out slowly, | | | | fish through the transom door, then the race |
| then began to speed up. Lou got the fish to | | | | to shore was on. At that time the record |
| the boat a total of twelve times, each time | | | | stood at 626 pounds, and that's what the |
| the fish surged away, after the thirteenth | | | | scales were set for, they reset it for 826 |
| time Lou reached out and grabbed the leader, | | | | pounds, again the beam flipped up, the reset |
| the fish thrashed, they got the gaff in it | | | | again and again until the fish was finally |
| and managed to pull it aboard. | | | | weighed at 1,103 1/2 pounds. |
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| Back at the dock, the monster fish weighed in | | | | The most exciting record will probably never |
| at 1,182 pounds, it was the largest fish ever | | | | be broken. A Tiger Shark caught off a pier in |
| caught up to that day. Many say this record | | | | the Carolinas. |
| will never be broken. | | | | |
| | | | It weighed in at 1,780 pounds after losing an |
| The first fish ever caught that weighed over | | | | estimated 10% of it's body weight! Experts |
| 1000 pounds was caught in 1930 by Zane Grey | | | | say that if they had been able to weigh it |
| off the coast of Tahiti. However the IGFA did | | | | when it was first caught it would have |
| not allow the fish since sharks had got a | | | | weighed in at over a ton! Not a bad day |
| hold of it on the way to the boat. It was | | | | fishing off the pier! The Carolinas no longer |
| another 22 years before another fish weighing | | | | allow shark fishing from the pier as it's |
| in at over 1000 pounds was caught again. | | | | "not good for tourism". That's why this |
| | | | record will probably stand forever. |
| The current record for an all tackle catch | | | | |