First Marlin
Submitted by ranmar850 on Mon, 2016-07-25 07:52
video of the capture I posted in the Fishing Discussion page a few days ago. No expletives deleted 
rigpig
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comment at 07:56
awesome ranmar... your understated comment at 07:56 summed it up nicely "Holy shit, that was epic!!!"..... Great catch and release and great video..
beeroclock
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Great catch - a few nervous moments there when the line was
under the motor - rod looks pretty thin was that caught on a 15kg combo?
ranmar850
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Itwas a Shimano T-Curve 200
Deep jig, which is 24Kg rated. Reel was a Tyrnos 12 with 50lb fins braid and 80lb Jinkai leader. Certainly not a heavy lifting rod, but you can apply enough pressure on 50lb to have it really start hurting after a while--no harness to give the hands a rest
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thats awesome ranmar, few
thats awesome ranmar, few tense moments in there for sure.
was the boat in gear or were you just drifting during the fight?
definitely put some hurt on that rod
Adam Gallash
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Good stuff
Enjoyed the watch!
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ranmar850
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Wasn't drifting much
Mostly driving, courtesy of my wife. I forgot to acknowledge that in the video, it was a credit to her. I don't know that I've ever put that much prolonged weight on a 50lb outfit --on a fish that I actually wanted to catch, that is. Normally reserved for the " come to the boat now or fuck off " crowd, ie, sharks and big cod.