FOX:
One South Carolina 16-year-old with a “knack for catching fish” nabbed both a 400-pound blue marlin and new title during a recent fishing tournament, as the first junior angler to successfully weigh in the spear-snouted fish in the event’s 60-year history.
On June 13, E.J. Nettles of the Charleston area reeled in the 400.4 pound beast at the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament in Morehead City, N.C., Fox 5 reports.
As hefty as the fish was, Nettles’ catch barely made the cut, as the minimum eligibility for a big blue is 400 pounds. See it here
Wow! That’s exciting!
(I wish I could go in the wayback machine to the 1950’s-1960’s and take a charter out of Westport, WA, to fish for the really big salmon.)
AA,
Big Bass too?
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The only thing I ever caught fishing out of Westport back in the 70’s was a 6 foot dog shark, the Capt. of the boat promptly took out his 45, cut the fishing line and shot it and threw it back into the ocean. I had a Hawaiian room mate (along with 6 other knuckleheads, we were affectionately known at our church as the Guy’s house) at the time who wanted me to catch a shark so he could eat it. And he would’ve ate it and made the rest of us eat it too.
400.4 pounds?
Just think – If the fish had pooped just before biting the bait the kid would have been out of the running.
Geoff- My room mate was a dedicated fisherman. He didn’t bother with trout, went after bass instead and sometimes also brought home some nice catfish. (I love me some fried catfishes!)
When fishing from his dad’s deep sea boat he had rock cod, Calico bass, Dorados, Wahoo, tunnys and red snappers. And occasionally a Mako shark. The Makos were one of my favorites. We’d fire up the steaks on a backyard grill and they were excellent.
Fun fact: Shark is sometimes sold as “swordfish” at seafood restaurants. Room mate’s dad called out the mgr. of the ChartHouse one time, who admitted the substitution and comped the meal.
He said that very few diners could tell the difference.