However, the good old Atlantic-based Spanish mackerel trumps them all on availability ... in the Dacron or the hook may foul in the bait while being trolled or during a marlin attack. A mackerel ...

Three hours later, the certified scales told the story: 1,370 pounds. The marlin had a short length of 154 inches, a girth of 80 inches, and a tail-stump circumference of 20.9 inches. According to ...

“They were fishing near the Blind Faith oil rig, about 120 miles from Orange Beach in over 3,000 feet of water ... and a Texas marlin weighing 972.7 pounds. The IGFA all-tackle Atlantic blue marlin ...