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Fishing => Member Fishing Reports and Photos => Topic started by: Lunker Larry on February 06, 2020, 04:35:57 PM

Title: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: Lunker Larry on February 06, 2020, 04:35:57 PM
This will bring a smile to your face. Truly amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7_8NtwrGUU&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: Decker on February 06, 2020, 05:06:24 PM
Very nice!   Thanks for sharing that, Larry.
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: alantani on February 06, 2020, 06:02:20 PM
"this is nuts, man....".  yeah, these guys are lucky to still be alive.  i am actually looking at a panama trip.  hopefully it will be on a bigger boat.   ;D

https://youtu.be/m7_8NtwrGUU
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: Long Enuff on February 06, 2020, 06:33:39 PM
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Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: oc1 on February 06, 2020, 09:06:17 PM
Isn't that cheating to have a panga come out to help?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/11/176889945/shark-fisherman-gets-quite-a-scare-catches-scene-on-video (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/11/176889945/shark-fisherman-gets-quite-a-scare-catches-scene-on-video)

Not for me.
-steve
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: scrinch on February 06, 2020, 09:15:31 PM
What a fight! I'm sure I'd have capsized before the end of the first hour.

I wonder how his back and his arms felt the next morning when he had to get up and go to work!?
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: Gfish on February 06, 2020, 10:03:45 PM
I'd be callin in sick the next day. Then again, without that kinda backup(or maybe even with it) I'd a cut my line after about 1/2 a mile into the journey out to sea. Old man and the sea---I am NOT! Them younguns is livin the "high life".
I hear-tell the dangerous sharks in Hawaii are mostly in 60ft or less of water. Hmmmmm? Sunday AM on my way back in, I saw what was probably a ~10ft'er(Hammerhead?) on the surface bout 50 yds. away, maybe in 100ft. a water, couldn't peddle towards shore fast enough. Still sore from that.
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: mo65 on February 06, 2020, 10:11:35 PM
Son...that's hard core.
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: Alto Mare on February 06, 2020, 10:38:55 PM
Wow! Amazing,
I would love to experience that, but I'm sure would have been down within the first 5 minutes 🙂.

Well done!

Sal
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: Benni3 on February 06, 2020, 11:49:53 PM
I really this,,,, ;) that had to be a wild ride,,,,,,,, ;D
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: 54bullseye on February 07, 2020, 09:29:07 AM
Now that is a great video !!!  I wish I was young again !Lol  Thanks for posting !    John
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: Donnyboat on February 07, 2020, 03:59:36 PM
really good video, thanks for posting, great to be young & full of energy, cheers Don
Title: Re: 500-Pound Marlin Tows Kayak Fisherman 15 Miles Out to Sea
Post by: kmstorm64 on March 11, 2020, 08:50:57 PM
The full disclaimer, those guys are guides, the one who caught it has caught large fish before so these guys are not novices.  If read or heard the YouTube video correctly the Panga is there to help with the release process?  or Something to that effect. 
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