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That's a nice looking fish. Not to be a kill joy here, but myself and most anglers I know that billfish, would practice catch(tag)-n-release when catching these beautiful fish.
The only times anglers would take a Blue Marlin is if they thought it may be a record setting fish( 193lbs. is just average). For personal trophies, most people take measurements and photos and have replica's made that look as good as the original for many years.
The fishing culture may be different in Hawaii (I've never fished Hawaii before), but on the Atlantic coast, Cabo, Costa Rica, etc.. that's the way it's done.
Another exception to this rule is if the fish dies on the during the fight, you could always hang on to it for photo ops. However, to help prevent this, most Captains will "back down" the boat towards the fleeing/fighting fish to minimize the trauma to the fish, and increase the odds of a successful tag and release.
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what he said--->>> but a nice fish, congrats... a lot of hawaii charters allow their deckhands to sell the fish as a way to make extra money.
Just make sure when you negotiate simply say you want to tag/release billfish... ( fyi - no offense intended.)
tuna wahoo mahi mahi... kill em and eat em !
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Originally Posted by docdan
That's a nice looking fish. Not to be a kill joy here, but myself and most anglers I know that billfish, would practice catch(tag)-n-release when catching these beautiful fish.
The only times anglers would take a Blue Marlin is if they thought it may be a record setting fish( 193lbs. is just average). For personal trophies, most people take measurements and photos and have replica's made that look as good as the original for many years.
The fishing culture may be different in Hawaii (I've never fished Hawaii before), but on the Atlantic coast, Cabo, Costa Rica, etc.. that's the way it's done.
Another exception to this rule is if the fish dies on the during the fight, you could always hang on to it for photo ops. However, to help prevent this, most Captains will "back down" the boat towards the fleeing/fighting fish to minimize the trauma to the fish, and increase the odds of a successful tag and release.
I go to Cabo every year to do a little bit of fishin & golfin... it's almost too easy to catch fish there... the 3rd pic is me and some buddies at a local pier... the fish may be small, but it was the only fish of the night. LOL!
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