As you know last summer we bought a new boat, the Marlinrita. This summer the guys entered their first tournament... They came in third with this blue marlin! It is very impressive, b/c these guys have only taken the boat out on two billfishing trips and this is their 3rd marlin. They were also competing against boat captains who fish for a living and have been doing so for most of their lives. They started fishing at 6:30 Saturday morning, only had in 5 of their 6 lines and hooked this fish. It took Chad (Manning's brother) 2 hours and 45 minutes to reel the fish in. It was officially weighed in at 448 lbs and measured at 106 inches (from its jaw to the fork in the tail). Unfortunately this tourney only pays 1st place in the marlin division. Now I'm nervous b/c the women's tourney is next month and its up to us girls to get one of those big sucker in the boat!
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I LOVE blogs! Thanks for up dating. Mom
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