[marlin50lrs]

We headed out in my dad's 30' Grady White Marlin Saturday morn. Stopped to make bait at a weedline bout 30 miles out in 200' of water. Caught one bait and a good dolphin came out. My brother pitched the livie to him and caught the 23# bull. Kept heading offshore and found a weedline bout 75 miles out out. Caught some hard tails and had a pod of pilot whales checking out the boat. Kept heading out and found another weedline 120 miles out. Got a few hits from chicken dolphin. A few miles later we saw a small patch with something tearing it up. We pulled and it was bout a 200# marlin. I was throwing a 2 to 3# hard tail, my brother was throwing a hand sized hard tail,, but he just slurped up a tuna pooper our guest threw. We fought him for about 30 min before the hooks pulled 20' from the boat. We got to Hooover Diana 138 miles out and the fishing was kind of slow. We caught 9 blackfins and one 55# yellowfin. At daybreak we started trolling and caught a small wahoo and a 45# pound hoo. We headed in starting at various weed patched and only managed one more small hoo. Was a great trip. Will post pics when he emails em to me