How BIG do Blue Marlin grow?

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MikeFisher

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Location: Dominican Republic

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Thursday, January 31st 2008, 3:51pm

hey Roddy,

two really great posts, highly appreciated,

thanks for sharing.

go on posting your memories/experiences on the bord.

Mike

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milchner

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Thursday, January 31st 2008, 7:53pm

Thank you for sharing Roddy! Well, that would be great to talk about this unforgettable experiences.

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gamefish

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Posts: 76

Location: South Africa, Richards Bay

Hobbies: marlin fishing and boating

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 2:03pm

In memory of Big Fish

Fantastic reading so far and here is another to share

In the mid to late nineties I did a trip to Mauritius with the late Charles Norman and over there met some members from a European group (think they are called the Viertigtal Verein or something similar) who annually have a meet at River Noire.

On this specific trip I was shown a video taken by the wife of one of the anglers, who on the previous year's trip, caught his dream fish, easily 2000lb, which in the dying moments of a protracted fight, was devoured piece by piece by a pack of sharks that continued to take huge bites out of the fish untill basically just the head and skeleton was left.

She had beautifull video of this and maybe someone else remember her or the incident.

It would be great, now that we have the advantage of the internet, if someone could find and post this footage for others to see.

gamefish

milchner

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Thursday, February 7th 2008, 3:10pm

RE: In memory of Big Fish

Quoted from "gamefish"

Fantastic reading so far and here is another to share

In the mid to late nineties I did a trip to Mauritius with the late Charles Norman and over there met some members from a European group (think they are called the Viertigtal Verein or something similar) who annually have a meet at River Noire.

On this specific trip I was shown a video taken by the wife of one of the anglers, who on the previous year's trip, caught his dream fish, easily 2000lb, which in the dying moments of a protracted fight, was devoured piece by piece by a pack of sharks that continued to take huge bites out of the fish untill basically just the head and skeleton was left.

She had beautifull video of this and maybe someone else remember her or the incident.

It would be great, now that we have the advantage of the internet, if someone could find and post this footage for others to see.

gamefish

Hi Kas,

yes this would be fantastic. We have a lot of Mauritius-Angler here. I will ask my friend Stephan Kreupl and Robert Rein. They fish in Mauritius since many, many years. Maybe I have success with my searchings....

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milchner

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Thursday, February 7th 2008, 8:10pm

Quoted from "Marlin2"

Oh Boys,

The Pictures are in the Book from Stephan and Robert ' Bluewater Fishing ' !!

All forgotten, Uwe, the Fishing Pair was Tamara and Hans Scheithauer.

Greetings

Reinhold

Yes, it´s a shame that I forgot where I saw the picture. You are absolutely right, Reinhold. Tomorrow, I will scan the picture and post it here.

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milchner

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Monday, March 24th 2008, 6:32pm

In this thread I try to post all the weighted grander of the year 2008. When you know some more, please add.

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milchner

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Wednesday, April 2nd 2008, 8:53pm

Well, I don´t know if everybody realized one of the earlier links from Dave to an very interesting page for all who are interested in Hawaii Granders

Please have a look at this site :thumbsup:

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Capt. Jeff Rogers

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Sunday, June 1st 2008, 5:11am

Biggest marlin

I can't remember where it was that I read this. I read many fishing journals and publications but the largest marlin ever caught (to date) was caught by a Japanese longliner. In typical fassion, they gutted it and also cut the head and tail off. Due to that, the weight of the marlin is only estimated. The estimated weight of this Pacific blue marlin was 3500 lbs.

Capt. Jeff

PanamaJack

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Sunday, June 1st 2008, 12:32pm

RE: Biggest marlin

Quoted from "Capt. Jeff Rogers"

I can't remember where it was that I read this. I read many fishing journals and publications but the largest marlin ever caught (to date) was caught by a Japanese longliner. In typical fassion, they gutted it and also cut the head and tail off. Due to that, the weight of the marlin is only estimated. The estimated weight of this Pacific blue marlin was 3500 lbs.

Capt. Jeff

And I think the equally interesting thing, although it's not replicated in game fishing captures, is that the biggest Marlin always seem to be Blues rather than Blacks. I suspect those big Blacks are easier targets aggregated over shallowish reef structures whereas the Blues are normally out there shadowing the shoals of pelagics.
Dave

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Dick Wakeford

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Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 12:15am

Having just logged into this site, I am most impressed. Many thanks to all concerned. Now, I am after something. I want a really good photo of of blue marlin alive, well and active and showing its beautiful colours, as I want to do an oil painting of one. Can anyone help, please?

Dick

milchner

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Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 6:35pm

Quoted from "Dick Wakeford"

Having just logged into this site, I am most impressed. Many thanks to all concerned. Now, I am after something. I want a really good photo of of blue marlin alive, well and active and showing its beautiful colours, as I want to do an oil painting of one. Can anyone help, please?

Dick

Hi Dick,
at first, many thanks for registering and welcome on board. Yes, I certainly can help you. I will search a good picture for you from a blue marlin.
Best wishes,
Uwe

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PanamaJack

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Sunday, February 20th 2011, 5:28pm

Not the BIGGEST, but the current IGFA All-Tackle records

I know in this thread we've discussed (and speculated) just how large Marlin can grow. In that it may also be of interest here's a link showing images of the IGFA's current All-Tackle records - http://www.marlinmag.com/species/blue-ma…1000086332.html . Um ... you can see just how short they are of some of those estimates!

Whilst not an All-Tackle record there's a great link showing video footage of an estimated 12/1300lb Black Marlin initially hooked on 50lb class tackle at the bottom of that article - http://www.marlinmag.com/video.jsp?bclid…tid=40296049001 .

Dave
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gamefish

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Location: South Africa, Richards Bay

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Thursday, April 26th 2012, 1:43pm

This post has gone quiet for some time now.

is there anybody out there who knows the anser to, or the link to literature regarding the following question:

At what age or size does a female blue marlin stop to produce healthy egs? There is a lot of debate about NOT killing grander fish because of their supposed HUGE breeding capability....

Any scientific info out there anybody?