Largest Marlin Caught Off California Coast in 84 Years The Inertia
go to original September 25, 2015

Fisherman are notorious bullshitters. Exaggerating the truth to make for a better story back at the dock is standard protocol. But not this guy. Matt Santora has no need to lie because he just caught a 662-pound Blue Marlin off of San Diego – that’s the biggest Marlin caught off California since 1931.

It took Santora two hours to reel in the beast and judging by the looks of the thing, it wasn’t easy. The record for Blue Marlin in California comes from a man named A. Hammon – he angled a 692-pounder off of Orange County’s Balboa Island in 1931. Whoever this Hammon character was, he sounds like a badass.

...“We were fishing for marlin and wahoo, especially marlin, when it hit the lure,” Santora told The San Diego Union Tribune. “We had a good feeling we were going to get a marlin, and when it bit, we knew it was a marlin. We just didn’t dream it was this big.”

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