KEKOA Sports Fishing posted 2 photos — at Great Barrier Reef QLD Australia

4 days ago

[Catch up report, back in regular internet] 7 marlin day

You always wonder if the day after a big day if you’re going to go down the ‘hero to zero’ route. So it was great to notch up our first marlin of the day nice and early at 11:30. We caught 5 more between 1 and 5 o’clock with Number 6 being a feisty 750lb-er.

Happy with 6 we were about to pull the baits in just after 6 o’clock when we were piled on again and hooked up to a big fish that was smoking off over the horizon. But first we had to deal with a shark that had eaten one of the other baits before it could be brought in. And we also got a bite our of another marlin on the third bait while bringing it it adding to the chaos.

This fish was never going to be easy, and as darkness fell the drag increased. But finally just before 8 o’clock, after some great work in chair by Scotty and with the boat by Luke, we were able to get a stubborn 850lb-er up for the release. They don’t have to be sea monsters to fight real hard!

She still had plenty of go and looked amazing all lit up in the transom lights on the leader. So many times for these late fish we have run out of battery with the cameras so we were very thankful to be able to get some footage of this one!

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