Baby Blue Marlin
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Printed Date: 03 Jul 2026 at 8:17am
Topic: Baby Blue Marlin
Posted By: Lethal
Subject: Baby Blue Marlin
Date 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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Posted By: kingfishers
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 2:15pm
amazing..!!  ------------- "My mind has gone fishing, ask all questions tomorrow" |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 4:14pm
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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.  ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: eynon
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 4:20pm
| where are the babies born? and what do they eat? |
Posted By: Reel Deal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 4:20pm
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  ------------- The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of men's lives the hours spent on fishing - Assyrian Proverb |
Posted By: Jiggy Jig
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 7:31pm
LMAO  ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Reel Deal wrote:Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 8:18pm
Tropical areas like Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cooks, Hawaii...etc...what do they eat... zooplankton until they get bigger.
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Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:25pm
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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... ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |