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    Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 2:13pm
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interesting pic of a baby Blue Marlin,
amazing what they grow into, but then everything starts off small but this is so cute even without a tail yet..


Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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amazing..!!
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they don't come much bigger than this one,

this is known as "Choy's Monster."  It weighed 1,805 lbs. or 820 kg. when weighed in Honolulu in 1970.  Capt. Cornelius Choy and his daughter Gail acting as deckhand had taken 6 holiday makers out for a days sport fishing.  None were experienced anglers.  After fighting the fish for some time and passing the rod around, Capt. Chow finally took the rod and brought the fish to the boat where his daughter wired it.  Naturally, it could not qualify for an IGFA world record, but it does stand to this day as the largest blue ever taken on rod and reel.




Pictured below is a massive blue marlin that was caught off Okinawa by a commercial fisherman using a handline.  It is said to have "bottomed" a one ton (1,000 kg) set of scales meaning the fish weighed more than 2,200 lbs.  Easily seen in this photo is a primary distinguishing characteristic of blue marlin  (vs. black marlin).  The flap of skin covering the throat and below the gills and the branchiostegal bones supporting it are about half the length of the similar flap of skin and branchiostegals of a black marlin.  In a black marlin this flap of skin would extend back almost as far as the rear edge of the operculum or main gill cover.

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where are the babies born? and what do they eat?
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Wouldn't cost much to taxidermy that one. Instead of above the fire place you could have on a key ring, very practical bucket list tick
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Originally posted by Reel Deal Reel Deal wrote:

Wouldn't cost much to taxidermy that one. Instead of above the fire place you could have on a key ring, very practical bucket list tick

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Originally posted by eynon eynon wrote:

where are the babies born? and what do they eat?

Tropical areas like Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cooks, Hawaii...etc...what do they eat... zooplankton until they get bigger.
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they dont take long to grow either from what i can gather,
that baby is thought to be only a few days old, they will double that size in less than a week and by 2 weeks will look like a true baby marlin as large as your hand....
pretty amazing stuff really...
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