{"id":1712,"date":"2023-10-21T22:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T22:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2023-10-21T22:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T22:43:17","slug":"1145-pound-blue-marlin-shatters-all-gulf-of-mexico-state-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1712","title":{"rendered":"1,145-Pound Blue Marlin Shatters All Gulf of Mexico State Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"incArticle\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Houston, Texas angler Scooter Anderson was fishing aboard the Alabama-based, 55-foot Viking offshore boat <em>Best Trait<\/em> when he caught the largest blue marlin ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"cov5Ur7fLNY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alabama Record Blue Marlin\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cov5Ur7fLNY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Anderson landed the marlin during a two-day overnight fishing trip, according to Jimmy Bason, harbor master at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeBeachMarina1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orange Beach Marina<\/a> in Alabama. Bason officially weighed and measured the marlin on Thursday morning after the <em>Best Trait<\/em> arrived in the marina, as was originally reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obawebsite.com\/orange-beach-angler-shatters-blue-marlin-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fish hit a small live tuna bait, and Scooter fought the fish for two hours before they got it to the boat,\u201d Bason tells <em>Outdoor Life<\/em>. \u201cThey were fishing near the Blind Faith oil rig, about 120 miles from Orange Beach in over 3,000 feet of water.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\" data-dimension=\"portrait\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stretched out beside the marlin for scale. <i>Orange Beach Marina \/ Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chevron.com\/-\/media\/chevron\/stories\/documents\/blind-faith-transcript-jds.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blind Faith<\/a> is a Chevron-owned oil rig that, in 7,000 feet of water, the company touts as its deepest. Bason says the anglers were not fishing in a tournament. They were just out fishing for fun in the open blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico when the marlin struck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe marlin action has been excellent recently out there, and captain Chris Mowad knew that was the place to be for a big blue,\u201d Bason says.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bason, the marlin died in deep water about an hour into the two-hour fight. Giant billfish occasionally dive deep when hooked and die, often after getting their tail wrapped in the line. This makes it difficult for anglers to muscle them to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Bason said Capt. Mowad \u201cplanned\u201d the marlin up through the depths using the boat\u2019s engines, which enabled Anderson to continue battling the blue to the boat. At the surface the boat crew hauled the enormous fish through the open stern door.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\" data-dimension=\"portrait\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20\/alabama-record-blue-marlin-6.jpg\" alt=\"Weighing the new state-record marlin.\" class=\"wp-image-266009\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weighing the giant marlin at the marina. <i>Orange Beach Marina \/ Facebook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The blue marlin measured 12.17 feet long, with a girth of 7 feet, says Bason. The fish was filleted and the anglers took the meat. It will not be mounted by a taxidermist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so big, we don\u2019t know where you\u2019d put a mount of such a huge fish,\u201d Bason says. \u201cThey are making an imprint of it, however, which will be huge, too. Finding a place to display it won\u2019t be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Imprinting is done by painting the fish, then laying large canvas sheets over it to make a life-size image of the marlin. It\u2019s not clear what test line or tackle was used to catch the record fish. But Bason says it\u2019s standard to use 100-pound line or heavier for marlin.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson\u2019s 1,148-pound marlin easily tops the Alabama record for blues. The previous state record marlin was a 851.9-pound fish caught by Ginger Myers in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/fishing\/blue-marlin-breaks-tournament-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Massive Blue Marlin Caught Off Alabama Coast Breaks 27-Year Record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anderson\u2019s blue also is the largest marlin recorded in any of the other Gulf of Mexico states. The second largest is a 1,054-pounder taken off Mississippi in June 2002 by angler Barry Carr.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining Gulf of Mexico blue marlin records are a 1,046-pound marlin from Florida in 2001; a 1,018-pound marlin from Louisiana in 1977; and a Texas marlin weighing 972.7 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/igfa.org\/member-services\/world-record\/common-name\/Marlin,%20blue%20(Atlantic)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IGFA all-tackle Atlantic blue marlin record<\/a> is a 1,402-pound, 2-ounce fish caught in 1992 in Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v3.2\" id='facebook-js-js'><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/fishing\/alabama-blue-marlin-shatters-gulf-records\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston, Texas angler Scooter Anderson was fishing aboard the Alabama-based, 55-foot Viking offshore boat Best Trait when he caught the largest blue marlin ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. Anderson landed the marlin during a two-day overnight fishing trip, according to Jimmy Bason, harbor master at Orange Beach Marina in Alabama. 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