black marlin surf fishing

[algdog]

anybody else catch the show last night on the outdoor network
one guy hooked and had his reel stripped by one fish, then a second angler hooked and landed a fish that looked 200-250lbs
Black marlin
all the while standing on a rock surf fishing.

very cool stuff.

apparently they where fishing on a bay close to the edge of the reef, where bait fish congregate and the fish move inshore to feed
first time I have ever heard of this happening

[Anders]

Didn't catch the show, but when I was in Maui the other year bill fishing, the captain said he used to marlin fish off the rocks with kites. Caught one, had to scale down a couple hundred feet of rocks, and climb back up with it, said he did it once and will never do it again.

[Doug_class09]

Yeah I seen the same thing. I did not know what to belive if was something diffrent to watch.

[gulfstream2gulfcoast]

Fishing for yellowfin tuna and marlin off the rocks is pretty popular on the leeward side of Oahu. When I was there last summer one guy hauled a 200+lb yft off the rocks. When he got it close he took a .22 pistol and shot it twice in the head, jumped in the water, tied a rope to the tail and 4 guys pulled it up on the rock platform about 3 feet above the water. Hawaiians are some gnarly dudes.