Tiburon narrow framed 114H vs marlin

[Paul_A]

So I am trolling two 9" skirts long on my rehabbed TLD50's with a 9" lure right off the transom on my tibb'ed 6/0 loaded with 80lb Jerry Brown and a 50' topshot mounted on a Calstar 6455XH when a blue shows up.

Of course he hits the 6/0 and gave me quite the workout. Got him to the boat and since I was alone I could not hold him and work the hook out of his jaw so decided to land it as the locals like to eat marlin.

Had a heck of a time killing it after I sank the gaff into it, finally got a rope around his tail and after 10 minutes or so dragging it managed to pull it into the boat.

Scaled at 245 which I know is small for a blue but given the tackle and situation was a pretty good fish. Old 6/0's can still get the job done!

edit to fix typos...

[Ron Jones]

Nothing wrong with that. I'd fish a narrow Tibbed 6/0H over ANYTHING with a lever any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Nice fish
Ron

[MFB]

Nice fish.

Rgds

Mark

[jonnou]

Great effort They always seem to pick the weakest link in the Tackle on offer!! Good when that link is strong enough !!

Glad you stayed safe You need a cool head with a big fish like that Even if it isnt big for a blue.

Solo fishers here in New Zealand Use a long release Tool and sacrifice a hook. You need to be prepared for that though. I like the Idea of catch and release but you always have to be prepared to Kill. better than waste.

[Alto Mare]

Nice fish Paul! Was that 6/0 stock or did you have some of the upgrades available here?
I believe the 6/0 could stop anything in the water.
Thanks for sharing.
Sal

[Paul_A]

Stock 6/0 other than Cal's greased drag washers which I love and stainless main and pinion. Since I switched to greasing my drags the start-up during a long fight is so smooth. I always hated how jerky the drags would get when they got real hot.

Thanks for the positive replies. I am in Pohnpei and here releasing a fish is considered crazy as there are plenty of mouths to feed but I know most fisherman would #### if they saw someone killing a marlin so I was a little worried about posting this. Just know there are a lot of Penn aficionados here.

[Shark Hunter]

Good Job Paul! Very Nice!!

[gstours]

Hi Paul;  thanks for the report and the pictures!  And a great fish story, wish I was there to watch and listen!!!!  I have no problems eating what I catch. Jesus was a fisherman too, but many now want to discount that.  I am building a narrow as we speak.   Thanks again for the post. your OK.

[Bryan Young]

What a solo catch Paul.  Killing a marlin in the water by yourself can be difficult for sure.  My first marlin catch was with my grand-uncle and his buddies.  I was 16 and the rest of the crew was 70+.  Being the youngest and least experience, they made me the gaff man...oh great.  After gaffing the fish in the gill plate, all 4 of us rocked the boat and slid the "LIVE" marlin in the boat to which I was told to jump on it, cover it's eyes, while my grand uncle spiked it.  It was an exciting scare with 4, I can only imagine catching one and boarding it as a single.

Marlin is delicious.  You don't need to apologize.  My favorite is, of course, sashimi, then dried like jerky or smoked.

[alantani]

congratulations!!!!!!

[johndtuttle]

I tell you what that is far bigger than any fish most can say they landed solo. Fine Catch.

[conchydong]

Awesome job. Congratulations. I like to eat Marlin also.

[Islandgypsy]

Caught a striped marlin from a tin car topper in Baja couple years back. It took TWO of us TWICE as long for fish a THIRD the size as your BLUE. Congratulations, that was quite a feat! And yes, we ate ours and shared with the locals....was delicious BBQ'd on the beach.

[ChileRelleno]

Heck of a catch, an by yourself no less, nice job.
Screw the PETA closet brigade, land it & eat it.

Anyone who naysays the 6/0 has a case of cranial rectal inversion.
I landed a really nice 8'/200# Scalloped Hammerhead from the beach with one.

[Marcq]

Not that you are old but this reminds me of The Old Man and the Sea   At least you brought it back intact 

Marc..