Kiwi Grander Blue Marlin

Kezza · Apr-17-2009, 12:22 PM

just heard that a 483kg/1063lb Blue was weighed at Houhora, Far North, New Zealand yesterday making it the largest marlin to have been caught in NZ's waters - Boat was Harlequin skippered by Chris Ash.....the full details are yet to surface but apparently it was caught on an old skool Pakula Smoking Jo and wound in by a first time angler.

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Congrats to all those involved...mean as!!

will update if any new details come to hand

siegfreid · Apr-19-2009, 03:28 AM

Ripper ,coudlnt you fullas wait till we got one over here but

heh heh how many thousand pound blues from NZ now?

Husker Heaven · Apr-19-2009, 09:02 AM

That's a helluva first catch!

zeeWHITEone · Apr-25-2009, 08:13 AM

wow, first time angler scored pretty big. What a monster!

xtoad · Apr-26-2009, 04:40 AM

Crash knows his shit

Bay Bruiser · Sep-07-2009, 02:12 AM

Hey Kezza think you,ll find John Douglas was skipper for this fish, Chris was a hired gun (guide). John tookover the boat after it was brought, last skip was JB

Owen · Sep-19-2009, 01:12 PM

That's a kick arse fish!

S. Smith · Sep-24-2009, 02:15 AM

What a catch. My question is, how do you get a fish that big in your boat?

marlinmike · Sep-24-2009, 09:53 AM

thank's for the post that is quite a story all the way around. how you get her in the rig is by brute strength!! please keep any good report's comming. thank's again