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