Crazy marlin photo

[Bogart]

wow this one died for oil!

[Squidnation]

Bogii. please explain. i don't get the picture

[Bogart]

Marlin was chasing bait ( I think)
around the oil platform
jumped and got hosed It was a bad day for this Blue.
this line carried thousands of barrels a day.

[Squidnation]

thats what I thought. damn

[Agitated88]

Tom@marlinstar posted this a while back...he's got the 411.


Marlin Spear Thread

[The Codfather]

Marlin was chasing bait ( I think)
around the oil platform
jumped and got hosed It was a bad day for this Blue.
this line carried thousands of barrels a day.

Hundreds of thousands. Those lines are rated to 200psi and move up to 15,000 bbls per hour. Thats 250bbls a minute, 175 gallons PER SECOND.

[Capt Josh]

That's one of the craziest things...looked like a big fish too!

[Bogart]

Hundreds of thousands. Those lines are rated to 200psi and move up to 15,000 bbls per hour. Thats 250bbls a minute, 175 gallons PER SECOND.

Holy Sh******* gelcoat & himan skin no Match
for the mighty Marlin.

[Jon Schwartz]

Josh and guys, that photo is wild. It leaves me wondering if the fish died immediately, or was stuck there stunned and slowly fizzled. I can't imagine what would be going through it's head if it was still aware of things, going from 40+mph to zero in a fraction of a second. It'd likely never been completely still it's entire life!
BTW Josh I'd like to talk with you at some point re: your experience with releasing that grander awhile back. Not sure if the story has been told in detail but I think it should be. I wonder how many other captains have released granders? I think Gene Vanderhoek may have, not sure. I remember talking with him briefly about that, or seeing an inscription in a book that congratulated him for it. Thank gosh you got a good photo of yours, it's one of my fav photos of all time. Here's a pic of a blue that I took in Kona last summer. I swam with a few smaller ones, and one of them was about 400; I'm not sure if it was this one.

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[Captain Rich Adler]

Guys- these photos have been around for a while, just recently on another site, they were photoshopped, I think you can find a thread on snopes. Sorry !