The last week of March leading up to the full moon saw height big Blue Marlin over 500 pound mark caught.
This included both a Grander Blue Marlin for boat "Fire Hat"t as well as a new pending women’s "IGFA World Record" (www.igfa.org) for Capt. Chip Van Mols and angler Alex Nuttal for their 958 pound.
The current record was 950 caught in Mauritius Islands 1994
This big Blue Marlin was caught on 130 lb tackle. Here below all the big blue caught last week in Hawaii:
Monkey Biz II – 958 lbs. Sea Baby III – 798 lbs. Northern Lights – 675 lbs.
Fire Hatt – 1,058 lbs. Integrity – 650 lbs. Blue Hawaii – 500 lbs.