My First Marlin! PICS PICS PICS!!

Might seem kinda trivial too others, but for the avid salt water fisherman, this is a pretty big deal! Especially in Charleston!!!!

I still totally stoked about it! What an awesome 1 hour battle for a fish that was considered small to marlin standards! Here's some pics! Managed to get some pretty good size mahi, 38 lb!

Started out like:

 

Thats sick bro, thats a mighty nice billfish you got, congrats

 

Congratulations! That doesn't look very trivial to me. Fine photography too.

 

Thanks guys! I'm still excited about it! Spent 15 hours trolling off shore and caught the big fish in the last 4! Heading out to do some spear fishing/scuba diving tomorrow! Last weekend in Charleston before my deployment and its turned out to be an awesome one!

 

Not trivial in the least bit.

 

wow...great job. wish I was there for that.

 

Great memory to take with you! Thanks for your service.

 

That's bad ass dude, you got some good pics

 

Wow, thats awesome. That is one fish that has still eluded my capture. Congrats.

My cousin was battling a marlin during his vacation in HI, about 2 hours into the fight, the fish was visible right off the stern when the captain turned the boat the wrong way, tangled the lines in the props and snap! He lost the fish. Whole thing was on video, needless to say the captain felt horrible and picked up the entire cost of my cousins trip.


You gotta mount that thing, they look so sweet

 

Awww dude, I feel for your cousin! I've been fishing all week and been having bad luck catching a couple mahi here and there and a TON of Barracuda!

For some reason everything worked out yesterday! Giant Dolphins, Skip Jack Tunas, and of course the fish of a lifetime, Marlin!

Lol, you damn right I'm getting a mount of that thing! I can officially retire from fishing!



Lol, ain't gonna happen!

 

hey,thats a nice marlin....and some good mahi for the grill.

 

badass!!!!!!!! jelous!!!!!!

 

Awesome job man... Great action pics too!

 

Thanks guys! Gotta love that sports mode function! I probably had to sift through 300 pics this morning! And the mahi are goin' on the grill today! Ended up giving away a ton of it yesterday to friends!

 

I caught one in Cabo a few years ago...Hooked it after only 20 minutes out. There was no breeze at all on the water and between the diesel exhaust and fighting that thing for over an hour I was completely wore out and queezy...Congrats!

 

That is awesome! Every fisherman should have the experience of getting to fish for a big saltwater fish.

 

looks good...

 

What are they like to eat?

 

NICE!!! Great pics man! Thanks for sharing and congrats!!!!!

 

Sweetness man! Great pics and awesome catch