Aloha guys! I was very lucky and blessed this past Friday to have safely hook, fight and land my first Black Marlin!!! I've hooked a few marlins in the past but it eventually spit the hook or broke off during the battle. It was a crazy fight and got my blood pumping for sure because the entire fight never got farther than 20 yards away from me. It weighed in at 105.5 on a cert. scale and got a little under 50 pounds of very good meat for a big baby party that was on Saturday. I got the entire battle on multiple cameras and it's nutzzz!! I'm working on the editing tomorrow and will share it with everyone here! Here's a few pics of the marlin for now.
aloha, rob
That, my friend is nuts.
Ron
Incredible!
Holy Cow Rob! :o
Whats next? A 12' Tiger Shark Barbecue? :P
Can't wait to see the video. ;D
THAT IS GREAT. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE VIDEO.
You will go down in history Rob ;). You're definitely the best fisherman I've ever seen, also the craziest ;D.
Love that first shot! Can't wait for the video.
Thanks for keeping us entertained.
Sal
HOLY ?@%&!!!
Great fish now it's time for the BBQ grill to get hot. ;D
Well done Rob - that's spectacular!
Congrats, Justin
Thanks brothers! I've got a very busy week this week but will work on the vid ASAP. Thanks for the awesome relies!
Aloha, rob
Quote from: noyb72 on October 07, 2013, 08:05:48 AM
That, my friend is nuts.
Ron
X 2 I can't wait for the video. Dominick
Rob, you are the MAN!!!!
John
Very impressive. Hope you have many more.
Holy marlin. Glad you landed that bugga safely. Now I can see how you may have landed that beautiful wife of yours. Both fighters for sure, but with a lots of patience and finesse, they eventually come to gaff. Hahaha.
Great catch. Can't wait for the video bradah.
Quote from: Bryan Young on October 08, 2013, 02:09:40 AM
Holy marlin. Glad you landed that bugga safely. Now I can see how you may have landed that beautiful wife of yours. Both fighters for sure, but with a lots of patience and finesse, they eventually come to gaff. Hahaha.
Great catch. Can't wait for the video bradah.
hahaha rajah dat B!
Quote from: mrbrklyn on October 08, 2013, 03:09:05 AM
how did you get the picture? Is this National Geographic?
No, I had a friend that was following me with his cam, he got so damn close to get footage that he almost took a bill to the chest! CRAZY!!! I have 2 cams on my yak and he was holding his cam.
here's a few pics from my cam.
I can see this video gonna make you famous like Isaac and his shark. :)
few more....
and a few more...
got it on board! ;D
I get to do it all while yak fishing... Captain, Deck hand, Motor, Angler and Photographer! hahaha I LOVE IT!!! Mahalo guys!
THOSE ARE GREAT PICTURES. THANKS A LOT FOR THE POST. ALMOST MAKE ME FELL LIKE I'M THERE.
Awesome. Breathtaking. Amazing. WOW! :o
hey guys! thanks! I'm still working on the editing and I'm very slow at that so please bare with me... BUT I did get back out today and had another awesome day!!! Paddled out before the sun came up and hooked some bait, paddled a few miles down the coast to get to the grounds and tossed out a bait. A few minutes later my PENN 16vs starts screaming and I look back and see a nice 25-30 Mahi jumping, but after a few jumps my hooks pop loose and it's gone. A little frustrated I toss out another bait and start to paddle back to where I lost the mahi, not even a minute later my rod starts bouncing and a little line rips out of my reel. It felt really light so I thought that I hooked another mahi until it gets almost to leader and dives straight down like a rocket!! It dumped 200 yards of line out so quick and started to slow down a lil until it ripped out another 100 yards before it stopped. I have a little over 600 yards of 80 pound braid on my 16 so I wasn't really to worried about it spooling me, but I had 60 pound leader on that reel and it was the same leader that I fought the marlin with. I was praying that it would hold and not snap because I knew that I was hooked to a nice size ahi (yellow fin tuna) I buttoned up the drag a little more to get some of that line back on the reel. The fight lasted 22 minutes with runs going up and down a few times to 240 feet before I got my spear and gaff in it, that's pretty good figuring that the previous ahi's I fought lasted way over half an hour. But it was still a very hard upper body fight! No resting and always keeping the pressure on. I got it up on my yak and paddled 3 miles back to the launch, I was lucky that the current was in my favor so the journey back wasn't that bad. I new it was close to a 100 pounds so I took it to the fish market and it weighed in at 104.7, I feel very blessed and lucky to have caught 2 monsters within a weeks time and I thank god for helping me battle these fish and keeping me safe while doing it! Thank you all for the awesome replies and very kind words! Here's a few pics of todays catch.
Aloha, rob
Here's a few more...
Kau: I shuddered when I saw your leg in a pool of tuna blood. Man keep your feet in the boat. That is a shark attractant. I am enjoying your posts. I can't wait for the black marlin video. Dominick
Another great catch!!! Thanks for posting.
John
Robbie, you are an amazing fisherman.
Good Job Rob!
You always impress Brudah! ;)
ANOTHER GREAT ONE. YOUR THE MAN.
I'M NOT WORTHY!
I'M NOT WORTHY!
;D ;D ;D
That is totally insane, man!
/Karl
PS
Still no life jacket I see...
::)
Kau
I love all your post but man have you had a shrink test lately. My wife thinks your nuts. Stay safe and enjoy life to the fullest. I am sure many of us would love to have tried what you are doing.
Dwight
The first and last pictures are my favorite. Awesome.
Pretty cool! Congratulations!
Another spectacular effort Rob - nice work!
Cheers for sharing, Justin
oh my!pure magic,
thks for including us
Wow! Big mahalo everyone for the awesome comments! I decided to try my luck this morning again and I guess my luck didn't run out yet.... First bait out and a 61# sailfish blasted off within the first hour! Paddled it back in 3 miles and went back out! Second bait out and a massive ahi crushed my bait! Fought it for about half an hour and just before leader my hooks poped out! It defiantly felt larger than yesterday's 104 pounder but I'm still very satisfied with the sail. I Paddled a little over 9 miles today in search for another monster ahi but got no bites. I'm totally burnt out, so I'll post pics of the sail in the morning. It's 10 pm here in Hawaii and the past few days has just been crazy! I'm taking a couple days off to recoup and work on the marlin vid!
Aloha, rob
Rob
Congratulations and the nice sail. Looking forward to the video.
Dwight
Quote from: Kau Grown on October 10, 2013, 08:05:18 AM
I'm totally burnt out, so I'll post pics of the sail in the morning. It's 10 pm here in Hawaii and the past few days has just been crazy! I'm taking a couple days off to recoup and work on the marlin vid!
Aloha, rob
Well, you won't get any sympathy from me! ;) Massive envy maybe, but no sympathy.
Congrats on the amazing fishing! Hope to see the videos soon.
Karl
First bait out and a 61# sailfish blasted off within the first hour! Paddled it back in 3 miles and went back out! Second bait out and a massive ahi crushed my bait!
I have no words. That's pretty amazing.
here's some photos of the sail...
'Photo 2' really is something special.
Spent a few years (in the early '90s) surfing the North Shore.
Would love to catch up with ya one day and reprise the history ;)
Appreciate your posts Rob.
Cheers, Justin
I kayak fish and crab up here in Nor Cal when time permits (which isn't often enough), we have a guy who goes 7 miles out for Halibut in NCKA, but I haven't seen anyone with that kind of Mojo! Big kudo's for going after beasts like that!
QuoteQuote from: redsetta on October 11, 2013, 02:22:05 PM
'Photo 2' really is something special.
Spent a few years (in the early '90s) surfing the North Shore.
Would love to catch up with ya one day and reprise the history ;)
Appreciate your posts Rob.
Cheers, Justin
Indeed, look at the colors on that fish!