(Some of Kahlenberg's light-line arsenal is shown in photo at left.) I was spearfishing at Lighthouse Reef, Mapelane, on the East Coast of South Africa May 29, 1999. caught off Cabo Blanco, Peru, in 1953. Black marlin might occupy a separate entry to the list according to the commentary on a BBC Earth documentary, but who knows, they did not really measure anything. For most of us, catching a 20-pound fish of any species on 4-pound-test line would qualify as justification for bragging rights. (See Black Marlin - page 3)  It was caught on a great trip in May 2000 with Capt. This fish, which weighed around 70 pounds (32 kg), was the first marlin caught by a sport fisherman in Australia, and is also thought to be the first marlin of any species caught on rod and reel. That’s no mean feat no matter what line size you might be using. Copyright © 2021 Sport Fishing Magazine. So, this real-time image of the moon phase shows when the kill of swordfish is greatest and least. (Photos, D. Olander), Alfred Glassell and his long-standing world record black marlin (1,560 lbs.) 6 pagesBigeye TunaYellowfin TunaWhite Marlin GJ: It’s a team sport. Photo courtesy of www.AntiqueFishingReels.com, Black Marlin - pg. That makes it a 5-to-1 catch (i.e., fish weight to line strength). Courtesy Enrico Capozzi A Louisiana woman will be a big fish in the angling world if the 851-pound blue marlin she recently hooked nabs records for both the state of Alabama and the Gulf of Mexico. A very rare catch. Here's another great clip from the International Game Fish Association. The angler estimated the black marlin to be about 15 years old, and is the largest of its kind caught in Australia in over 30 years. Historically, a number of very large great white shark specimens have been recorded. October 2016 my friends, Colin Hilberg, Lindsey Walicek, my fiancee Zagdaa Baatar and I traveled to Baja, Mexico hoping to catch some Yellowtail and Wahoo. Many photos of that trip are presented in the excellent new Coiba Adventure website. “That,” marvels Capozzi, “was a spectacular flying-gaff shot, and it went in solid. That world record has held up for 8 decades! Then, to the dismay of Kahlenberg, it went pretty much straight down. Search for the biggest fish in the International Game Fish Association's database of biggest fish for each species. Little did I know, this would be … Sport Fishing Magazine may receive financial compensation for products purchased through this site. - 2 pagesSpearfishSailfishLarge Sharks. 2 of 3Atlantic Blue Marlin - Though these catches might seem unimaginable, all were caught within strict IGFA rules, and all have in common several factors that help make the impossible possible: 1) This is not about an angler and a fish; it's about a, Courtesy International Game Fish Association, Butler agrees, recalling that the marlin shadowed the mackerel for 20 to 30 seconds before moving up to eat it, with head and shoulders out of the water behind the boat. do to Help Save the Big Fish of the Atlantic. I often have to go to a two-thirds drag setting to start getting belly out of the line, but as soon as I start retrieving line, I’ll back off on the drag just to the point where I’m still able to gain line. Photo courtesy of www.AntiqueFishingReels.com. A Bonnier Corporation Company. caught off Cabo Blanco, Peru, in 1953. I now have great LED lighting on my boat.” GJ: Above all, “retain a total belief that the seemingly impossible is possible.”, New Products and Electronics for January 2021, President Trump Vetoes Bill to Outlaw Drift Gillnets off California. The world record bass was 22 pounds and 4 ounces. What an amazing effort! You can search all IGFA World Records for freshwater and saltwater fishes in All-TackleLine Class, All-Tackle Length for male, female and junior anglers. Photo courtesy of www.AntiqueFishingReels.com, Below, a grander black marlin being fought by Captain Bart Miller on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Below, a grander black marlin being fought by Captain Bart Miller on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. 4 pagesPacific Blue Marlin - It’s a world where — while following all International Game Fish Association rules to the letter — one angler and his team landed on 4-pound-test (actually 3.55-pound) not an impressive 20-pounder, or even a 200-pounder, but rather a ginormous 573-pound marlin, for a mind-boggling 161-to-1 ratio. Many products featured on this site were editorially chosen. (Photo, D. Olander), Author Kip Farrington, Jr. with two black marlin he caught on the same day in 1952 off Cabo Blanco, Peru. We had a total of four more flying gaffs ready, and this fish took every one of them.” Even with five people and five gaffs, “it took us more than an hour to get the marlin under control and then through the transom door, on deck.” As much as there’s no denying the skill and experience of this team that enabled the catch, there’s also no denying luck. Houston oil man Alfred Glassell Jr. landed a 1,560-pound black marlin off the coast of Cabo Blanco in northern Peru on August 4, 1953, bagging himself a world record that stands to this day. (Photo, B. Miller), Above, Capt. With line that will break at 1½ pounds of pull, water pressure alone can part it, so Kahlenberg couldn’t make the shark stop; all he could do was keep the reel in free spool until it decided to stop. Tom Yust, owner and operator of, that became a feature story entitled "Pacific Panama's Personal Side" by Editor-in-Chief, Doug Olander, which was published in the December 2000 issue of, . Photo courtesy of www.AntiqueFishingReels.com. Yet another of Jacobsen's remarkable records is this 385-pound, 5-ounce behemoth striped marlin on 6-pound line taken in 2010. Then came a head gaff, and the catch was a done deal. ( Some of Kahlenberg, it should have good interior/exterior lighting ( Jimmy held the previous record ) and Jordaan... 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