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ahi_hunter
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Posted: Tue Dec 5th, 2006 08:05 pm |
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So, now that the season is over, and I'm sitting here in Iraq. I just finished reading Black Bart's story about tu tu the grandmother Blue Marlin.
( http://www.blackbartlures.com/xcart/customer/pages.php?pageid=16 )
He talks about genetics and how it effects size of big Blue Marlins. I'm new to fishing in SC and I'am just curious what some of you experienced folks have seen. What is the biggest Blue Marlin that you guys have seen down in the SC area? How bout Blacks, and Strippies?
Thanks. Keep the lines tight.
John
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bartmanaz
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Posted: Tue Dec 5th, 2006 08:46 pm |
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Biggest marlin anybody can recall was a black caught in September 05 on Miss Teton that weighed 724 pounds. Predator caught a 504 pound blue in the July tournament in 2001 that is the biggest blue in the past several yars that I know of. Stripes run in the 120-150 pound range but few are officially weighed in tournaments because they will not make minimum weight so most are released.
We've probably all got a story of the big one that got away, broke us off, spooled the reel, _____ ______ ______ _______ (fill in the blank) but there are some big fish out there. Seeing them is one thing, but catching them and making the decision to take one is another story. BTW, the big black and big blue mentioned earlier came to the boat dead.
Bart
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Stuart
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Posted: Tue Dec 5th, 2006 09:14 pm |
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Hey John!
My biggest personal blue in San Carlos was about 325 lbs. On average, I'd say the blues in San Carlos run 250 - 300 lbs., although Steve Calvert can probably give you a more accurate figure simply because of the sheer numbers he sees on a regular basis. I've never put one on the scale because I release them (as does Steve), but I did some calculations based on length and girth to guesstimate that 325 number.
Stripers are smaller and my guess on their weight is about 125 - 150 lbs. average to maybe 200 lbs. for a really big gal.
Sails fit the lightweight category and are generally close to 75 - 100 lbs. I've heard of some hitting the 120 lb. mark, but my biggest to date was 101 lbs., caught a bit further south in Mazatlan.
Big Blacks are not a common catch in San Carlos, but there are some monsters out there. I've come across some huge ol' Blacks sitting on the surface taking a little sun nap on a couple of occasions. I couldn't get them interested in taking a bait. They always act like I'm annoying them and choose to ignore me.
There was one Black that died during the fight last year and was brought in and weighed about (edit: 724) lbs., if I remember correctly. Now that's beefy! There were pictures of it posted here, but I can't seem to find them -- it may have been before Bart switched to the new forum format last fall and they are archived somewhere else.
Last edited on Tue Dec 5th, 2006 09:18 pm by Stuart
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bartmanaz
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Posted: Tue Dec 5th, 2006 09:26 pm |
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Here is Steve's report on the Big Black from September, 2005 - the guy on the right of the fish is Steve
I saw it with my own Eyes and will have photos on mon,a Black Marlin caught in San Carlos on the boat Miss Teton buy three first time anglers that weighed 724 pounds,it had a 58 1/2" girth and was 14'10 inches long not including the bill ....wow what a monster
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bartmanaz
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Posted: Tue Dec 5th, 2006 09:29 pm |
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here is another photo of it with the anglers and crew
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ahi_hunter
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Posted: Wed Dec 6th, 2006 09:02 am |
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Wow, nice fish. I've only caught marlin in Hawaii. Biggest blue was around 350lbs and plenty of striped marlin around 100. Never a sail and never a black. Hopefully I can work on that next summer in SC. I've recently made the statement that even though I've had my new boat out a few times, it won't be truely christened until I catch my first marlin in it. I think once I retire I'm going to make it my life long goal to catch a 1000 pounder. I don't really care if I catch one, but it will sound like a resonable explaination to the wife as to why I'm out fishing every day.
John
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Catch-22
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Posted: Wed Dec 6th, 2006 03:39 pm |
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Not Sure That San Carlos is On the List Of Places That breeding female Black and Blue Marlin visit, as a result most of the fish we see Here are Males and Younger Females, as Stuart Said a Normal Big fish for our waters is a Blue or black In the 325-400 pound range, I have released two Blacks that we guessed at 375-400 pound,
San Carlos Is Too Far North to ever be Famous for big fish, yes we Get a few Big Girls here, but Its Not common, We are a Numbers area, They may not be real Big but Its Possible to Catch and release a Dozen of them In a Day...
Tight Lines
Steve
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Posted: Thu Dec 7th, 2006 09:01 pm |
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| My tu sense. I believe Steve is absolutely corrrect about the juvies coming in numbers but also believe that there are larger marlin lurking, but are not caught for multiple reasons. SC is not the BGR, but it has all the life and structure to support big fish. Satelite tagged fish(no link) have been tracked going from one continent to the next only to travel off in a different direction. My hunch is that the occasional big girl makes the trip up and the lucky/skilled ones will get a shot. Maybe this summer I will take some good pictures to prove to ya'll, my theory. - Jarrod
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