The marlin - blue, black and striped - are said to run to half a ton.
This fish is also one of the largest blue marlin ever boated in the Atlantic.
These blue marlin of the western Caribbean tend to be smaller.
In some areas of the world commercial fishing for striped, black and blue marlin has been banned.
The talk of the marina was a world-record blue marlin that had just been caught.
Big game fishing, for species including blue marlin, is excellent.
For example, the Atlantic catch of blue marlin declined in the 1960s.
It was a large blue marlin, Just under a thousand pounds.
"You mean the average person doesn't catch a blue marlin?"
Had the Soviets just gone fishing at random and landed a big blue marlin on the first try?