Marlin while swording........

[Another Grand]

Willy and Garrett on "Bow Down" got this Marlin last night setting up for swords.....thought I would share since the pics looked pretty cool




They picked up a sword as well....Hope you enjoyed

[pelagic predator]

A marlin and a sword, thats a pretty good night

[Another Grand]

Willy is my rodbuilder because I am too busy these day ......he builds great rods.....very good threadwork



Garrett is my repair man when my T-top falls off and we still want to go fishing




Both are great fisherman

[Jesslyn]

During the 05 Miami Swordfish Tournament we had a doubble header blue Marlin release both fish over 200 pounds. That was the only time we ever go one. And they both bit deep baits 1 minute apart.

Nice work out there guys.

[cappy]

cograts on a good night. pretty work on the marlin.

[Another Grand]

Originally Posted by Jesslyn

During the 05 Miami Swordfish Tournament we had a doubble header blue Marlin release both fish over 200 pounds. That was the only time we ever go one. And they both bit deep baits 1 minute apart.

Nice work out there guys.

I remember hearing about that......insane.

[Fishalways]

Sweet pics.

Can't tell if thats a white or a small blue, do you know?

Nice night congrats

[bajakian]

Looks like a white from the pictures, nice job!!

[Relentless33]

Notice the head of the fish is out of the water in every pic?

[snooknreds2]

Originally Posted by Relentless33

Notice the head of the fish is out of the water in every pic?

oh come on Jr. Most people would have picked the whole damn fish out of the water

[organizedconfusion]

Originally Posted by Relentless33

Notice the head of the fish is out of the water in every pic?

This fish was not even hooked, she was barely lassoed around the bill, no clue how she did not come off during the 3 minute aerial show. Anyway she came in in about 5 minutes due to the 23lbs of drag and was never taken out of the water. Pics were taken within 90 seconds and she was sent on her way kicking strong. I have about 10 pics and all of them are half ass because the number one priority was a healthy release. Stop the hatin youngin!

Anyways thanks to all for the ID. I am swaying towards White now that I have looked closer, but still am not quite sure, the dorsal fin was somewhat pointy, but again it all happened so fast.

As always gotta thank the crew, Garret and Ryan, along with Johnny who has never shyed away from passing on techniques he has picked up from the veterans.

Funny thing is we caught a sword later in the night and I would have liked to stay out all night and boated a sail in the morning to complete the Slam, but work would not allow. After checking the record books I could have been one of the few to have a Billfish Grand Slam in Florida, and one of seven to have a Grand Slam including a Sword, most of the others were caught in Venezuela.

Tight Lines

[Fishalways]

Originally Posted by bajakian

Looks like a white from the pictures, nice job!!

Thats what I thought
In one pic the dorsal looks round but in another it looks pointed

Still nice no matter what it is!

[Fishalways]

Originally Posted by organizedconfusion

This fish was not even hooked, she was barely lassoed around the bill, no clue how she did not come off during the 3 minute aerial show. Anyway she came in in about 5 minutes due to the 23lbs of drag and was never taken out of the water. Pics were taken within 90 seconds and she was sent on her way kicking strong. I have about 10 pics and all of them are half ass because the number one priority was a healthy release. Stop the hatin youngin!

Anyways thanks to all for the ID. I am swaying towards White now that I have looked closer, but still am not quite sure, the dorsal fin was somewhat pointy, but again it all happened so fast.

As always gotta thank the crew, Garret and Ryan, along with Johnny who has never shyed away from passing on techniques he has picked up from the veterans.

Funny thing is we caught a sword later in the night and I would have liked to stay out all night and boated a sail in the morning to complete the Slam, but work would not allow. After checking the record books I could have been one of the few to have a Billfish Grand Slam in Florida, and one of seven to have a Grand Slam including a Sword, most of the others were caught in Venezuela.

Tight Lines

Just relooked at the pics. Look at the ventral fin.

Its definately a white, very round ventral.

Now you have me gunning for a grand slam. The closest I ever came was in Venezuela on a white blue and sail. (damn blue threw the hook)

[Relentless33]

Originally Posted by organizedconfusion

This fish was not even hooked, she was barely lassoed around the bill, no clue how she did not come off during the 3 minute aerial show. Anyway she came in in about 5 minutes due to the 23lbs of drag and was never taken out of the water. Pics were taken within 90 seconds and she was sent on her way kicking strong. I have about 10 pics and all of them are half ass because the number one priority was a healthy release. Stop the hatin youngin!

I meant zero disrespect when I posted that comment. I just observed that the fish's head was out of the water -- so I posted it.

Awesome job on the healthy release and congrats the she stayed glued long enough to get a hold of her.

[Another Grand]

Jr. is the man Willy, its all good.....he just wants to make sure that suckers still swimming around for him and his pops to catch

That beind said.....does anybody know the rules regarding a grand slam......is a day technically 24 hours or is it the calendar day? Thanks

[RiskTaker]

Originally Posted by Another Grand

Willy is my rodbuilder because I am too busy these day ......he builds great rods.....very good threadwork ......

Johnny:

That is a very impressive spinner setup in the photo from your last post.

I notice the harness clip you have on the rod but I cannot clearly see exactly how/what the loop is. Would you care to elaborate on that feature? I have wanted to do that to one spinner as well.

One of these days, I imagine a sword will be brought (hopefully) in by spinner because I like to have one ready for a pitch bait when all of the conventionals are in use. Perfect for dolphin too because they have no problem chowing on a big ole squid.

[organizedconfusion]

Its always all good, just never want people to shy away from posting reports because they don't want to deal with the comments.

Jr. I only wish I knew what swording was at your age, but then again I would have probably never made it through high school or college.

[Another Grand]

RT,

I have lost several swords on the spinner = I SUCK!!! That is why we built that ....I have gotten dumped to the knot on the Fin Nor Ahab and a Baitrunner prior to purchase. Both of those fish were<60" and ate freelined Pilchards while we were live chumming out there.

I have only put it down a couple of time because it spends the majority of its time in Nick's garage and the reel is currently being repaired to some issues. It works great in the harness.....I have had trouble hooking the fish on the rig, but school has prevented me from fishing it too much to get a system down. Plus...Feels silly putting the spinner out next to 130/80s.

The spinner is a Calstar 700h, the rings are made by

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If you would ever like such a spinner, contact Matt up at Crowder he helped us with design and has since built himself the same rod basically.

[PURPLE FEVER]

Definately a whitey. Slams are measured by the calander day. Nice fish!!

[catching]

Sweet marlin if more guys start trolling big lures on the way out and back I can see more Marlin getting caught and this becoming common place