Blue Marlin
For many anglers, catching a blue marlin is the pinnacle of the sportfishing experience. We catch good numbers of them.
Blue marlin are among the most powerful and acrobatic fighters in the ocean. Capable of long, sustained runs, they sometimes spend nearly as much of the fight out of the water as within it.
A greyhounding blue marlin, quartering away from the boat as it peels line from a large conventional reel is a sight you will never forget.
We target many of our blue marlin by trolling plugs on the edge in open water. If we find an area that is fishy, this can be a great way to catch not only blues, but sailfish, dorado and black marlin as well.
If we find a piece of floating structure offshore, that’s even better. Often, this is the home of the man in the blue suit.
We will bump troll live bonito around it and catch not only blue and black marlin, but dorado and sailfish as well. Sometimes this results in big yellowfin, too.
While we generally target blue marlin in open water, we catch a fair number of them while live baiting over bottom structure nearer to shore, too. Our part of the world is a terrible place to be a live bait—there are plenty of large, hungry creatures that like to eat them.
When the clicker goes off, you never know what is in store—blue marlin, black marlin, sailfish, dorado, tuna, it could be anything.
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Tuna. Marlin. Roosterfish. Mountains of sashimi. The stuff fishing dreams are made of. Let’s do it.
