Massachusetts Fishermen Land 1,260-Pound Blue Marlin, 142 Pounds Shy of World Record
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Massachusetts Fishermen Land 1,260-Pound Blue Marlin, 142 Pounds Shy of World Record
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Summary
A 1,260-pound Atlantic blue marlin caught Wednesday about 100 miles off Cape Cod is likely among the largest ever landed off the U.S. East Coast.
Damon Stacco and client Walter Chapman fought the fish for three hours after first mistaking it for a shark; the marlin was later weighed on an IGFA-certified scale in Falmouth.
Walt Golet of the University of Maine said the catch is especially unusual in Massachusetts waters, which are too cold for blue marlin most of the year, and estimated the fish was 25 to 30 years old.
The marlin set a Massachusetts state record and fell 142 pounds short of the 1,402-pound Atlantic blue marlin world record caught off Brazil 34 years ago.