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 Caught my first Marlin today
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09/30/15 05:19 AM
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Man, I am tired. Fought him over an hour. Glad to land him. Deck hand was so stoked he wanted a pic with it.
Last edited by McGregor; 09/30/15 03:56 PM.
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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09/30/15 05:20 AM
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Well dang, I need to flip the pics around, also got a Mahi Mahi
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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09/30/15 02:17 PM
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TroutSupport.com
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Were you fishing in Australia.. as in down under... just kidding.
Congrats on the Marlin. I was with my dad a long long time ago when he caught his first marlin. Grand fish for sure. Congratulations
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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09/30/15 02:28 PM
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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09/30/15 03:49 PM
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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09/30/15 03:55 PM
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I had no idea they fought so hard, and I was kind of annoyed at my guide for making me fight it the first 50 minutes with no belt. About 50 mins in he said here, wear this belt and man did it help me out.....I could reel on the way down and use my legs on the way back up with the rod......
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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09/30/15 04:08 PM
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Little bit better picture of it coming into the boat, man when the sun hit it it just sparkled a magnificent color....and I had no idea the sun darkened them when they were out of the water for a short period 
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/01/15 12:41 AM
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Well done sir. Where were you fishing?:
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/01/15 12:59 AM
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King of the ocean brother, very nice fish...
Life is Good..<><
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/01/15 01:02 AM
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Nice marlin and Mahi Mahi , always wanted to catch a marlin, those Mahi Mahi are fun to catch and nothing more delicious than fresh Mahi Mahi on the grill. Off the coast in ft lauderdale they would go float 2x4s or barrels for the Mahi Mahi and we would drive by them and pull Mahi Mahi after Mahi Mahi off them.
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/01/15 03:09 AM
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Beer Money
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Wow! Two nice fish right there.
Where were you?
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/04/15 10:30 PM
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Nice fish and Congratulations! Good job. 
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/05/15 01:46 AM
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Wow! Two nice fish right there.
Where were you? Thanks, took a trip last week to St. Lucia, only thing that stinks is if you catch fish on their boats (the guides) the fish belong to them.
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/05/15 04:11 PM
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that is awesome
what do you do with the marlin?
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Re: Caught my first Marlin today
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10/05/15 05:25 PM
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