| Back in 1953, on May 7th Lou Marron was onboard | | | | 130 pound test line is a Blue Marlin weighing in at |
| his boat, "Flying Heart" off the coast of Chile. They | | | | 1,376 pounds. However the most amazing Marlin is |
| were fishing for billfish. The Captain of the boat was | | | | the one caught by Kelley Everett off the coast of |
| Eddie Wall, who'd done a lot of fishing for swordfish. | | | | Hawaii. He took it using skip bait tuna. It weighed in |
| They spotted a giant swordfish and threw the line | | | | at 1,103 pounds, the amazing thing is, he caught it |
| across it's nose, the fish turned away. They moved | | | | using a 30 pound test line! |
| and tried again, this time the fish went for the bait. | | | | It took an hour and a half to bring the fish close in |
| Lou was strapped in the chair waiting, the line moved | | | | with no pauses and no resting! The deck hands set |
| out slowly, then began to speed up. Lou got the fish | | | | three gaffs and hauled the fish through the transom |
| to the boat a total of twelve times, each time the | | | | door, then the race to shore was on. At that time |
| fish surged away, after the thirteenth time Lou | | | | the record stood at 626 pounds, and that's what the |
| reached out and grabbed the leader, the fish | | | | scales were set for, they reset it for 826 pounds, |
| thrashed, they got the gaff in it and managed to pull | | | | again the beam flipped up, the reset again and again |
| it aboard. | | | | until the fish was finally weighed at 1,103 1/2 pounds. |
| Back at the dock, the monster fish weighed in at | | | | The most exciting record will probably never be |
| 1,182 pounds, it was the largest fish ever caught up | | | | broken. A Tiger Shark caught off a pier in the |
| to that day. Many say this record will never be | | | | Carolinas. |
| broken. | | | | It weighed in at 1,780 pounds after losing an |
| The first fish ever caught that weighed over 1000 | | | | estimated 10% of it's body weight! Experts say that |
| pounds was caught in 1930 by Zane Grey off the | | | | if they had been able to weigh it when it was first |
| coast of Tahiti. However the IGFA did not allow the | | | | caught it would have weighed in at over a ton! Not a |
| fish since sharks had got a hold of it on the way to | | | | bad day fishing off the pier! The Carolinas no longer |
| the boat. It was another 22 years before another | | | | allow shark fishing from the pier as it's "not good for |
| fish weighing in at over 1000 pounds was caught | | | | tourism". That's why this record will probably stand |
| again. | | | | forever. |
| The current record for an all tackle catch taken on a | | | | |