Billfish Identification (blue or white)

**scattered_grass** · 10-13-2011 10:51 AM

caught out of Isla, claiming it to be a 60 lb Blue One...your thoughts?

**scattered_grass** · 10-13-2011 03:07 PM

not even a guess??

**Marlinmate** · 10-13-2011 04:29 PM

white one?

**scattered_grass** · 10-13-2011 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Marlinmate

white one?

hatchet?

**alex n** · 10-13-2011 05:59 PM

Definitely not a Hatchet because the flap of skin under the bony gill plate doesn't extend far enough back, the dorsal is very rounded , and the fish is lanky , I would say a white, in fact I'd bet on it.

**frankypettolina** · 10-13-2011 08:56 PM

Little blue marlin look like, umm, well, little blue marlin. Miniature versions of the normal ones we catch.

I can't see the pec fins or the anal fin clear enough to be 100% sure, but I am 99% sure that is a white.

**WhiteySlayer** · 10-13-2011 10:59 PM

I'd like to see the anal fin before calling it but it looks like whitey to me.

**sbohlen50** · 10-13-2011 11:06 PM

whitey

**92 feet down** · 10-14-2011 12:40 PM

Dorsal looks rounded... whitey.

**Wireman** · 10-15-2011 12:10 PM

Clearly a white.

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