Biggest Marlin Ever Caught
Black Marlin
Angler: Alfred Glassell Jr.
Location: Cabo Blanco, Peru
Date: Aug. 4, 1953
Notes: Glassell Jr. of Houston boated this behemoth after a 1 hour and 45 minute fight. The 174-inch fish fell for a mackerel trolled in the once-legendary Black Marlin Boulevard off Cabo Blanco. IGFA
Pacific Blue Marlin
Angler: Jay de Beaubien
Location: Kaaiwai Point, Kona
Date: May 31, 1982
Notes: This Hawaiian blue took a Kita lure and succumbed in less than one hour. Jay de Beaubien caught this 193-inch fish using a Fin-Nor 12/0. IGFA
Atlantic Blue Marlin
Angler: Paulo Amorim
Location: Vitoria, Brazil
Date: Feb. 29, 1992
Notes: Amorim’s 162-inch fish ate a pink-and-white Mold Craft Super Chugger and is the most recent record-breaker on our list. (Big photo is a replica mount) IGFA
Striped Marlin
Angler: Bill Boniface
Location: Tutukaka, New Zealand
Date: January 16, 1986
Notes: Boniface, a New Zealand native, fed this once-in-a-lifetime fish a kahawai. IGFA
Angler: Evandro Coser
Location: Vitoria, Brazil
Date: Dec. 8, 1979
Notes: Coser (of Brazil) trolled dead bait to land this 107.5-inch fish. _ If you enjoyed this, check out: The World’s Best Grander Spots
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