caught this 400lb Blue Marlin in Jupiter Florida.
It’s not every day you catch a Marlin and it turned out to be an epic battle. We were drift fishing live bait in 220 feet of water and just off the ledge near Juno. Bonita were busting everywhere pushing frantically to the surface. Something was feeding heavy on them. I always carry a few large baits for this situation. Bonita can’t eat them and the big fish can. Blue Runner on an 8/0 circle hook with an eight ounce weight sunk 40’ — I knew something big was on the hunt. Five minutes into the drift my stand up rod doubled over and the reel began to scream — big big fish on and my first Florida Marlin!