… An angler gives up a potential record to tag a monster black marlin off Panama. That’s no mean feat no matter what line size you might be using. It still stands as the all tackle world record and the 130 pound class line record. Topping it all off yesterday with a new Potential World Record black marlin of 15.1kg on 1kg line on her family’s Bounty Hunter! He recalls that fish, once it had taken the bait, seemed initially “well behaved.” Butler elaborates: “The fish headed slowly back down to around 60 to 80 feet, and it seemed to all of us that it didn’t know anything was up — certainly not that it been hooked. Though these catches might seem unimaginable, all were caught within strict IGFA rules, and all have in common several factors that help make the impossible possible: 1) This is not about an angler and a fish; it's about a, Courtesy International Game Fish Association, Butler agrees, recalling that the marlin shadowed the mackerel for 20 to 30 seconds before moving up to eat it, with head and shoulders out of the water behind the boat. Here are some suggestions from three who are already in that illustrious clique — Guy Jacobsen, Enrico Capozzi and Dave Kahlenberg — that could help. Many photos of that trip are presented in the excellent new Coiba Adventure website. “If you’re guessing — just pulling the line and setting it where it feels right — things will just go wrong.” EC: A team must be ready to take advantage of any opportunity a fish gives them, at any point in the fight. Photo courtesy of www.AntiqueFishingReels.com. It was the world's first 1000 lb black marlin … (See Black Marlin - page 3)  It was caught on a great trip in May 2000 with Capt. Kahlenberg quickly free-spooled out his bait, as the men searched for the shark. Courtesy Enrico Capozzi World's largest marlin -- 4,500 pounds -- landed in Cabo San Lucas And it is tail-walking on a cement pedestal for all the world to see -- all 4,500 pounds. (Photos, D. Olander), black marlin (1,560 lbs.) We are pictured, struggling to lift it aboard, on the cover of Sport Fishing Magazine's October 2001 issue. Search for the biggest fish in the International Game Fish Association's database of biggest fish for each species. I often have to go to a two-thirds drag setting to start getting belly out of the line, but as soon as I start retrieving line, I’ll back off on the drag just to the point where I’m still able to gain line. Below is a photo of George holding his record largemouth bass. An angler gives up a potential record to tag a monster black marlin off Panama. A replica of the largest marlin ever caught and written about recently "landed" at the marina entrance of the Cultural Pavillion of the Republic next to Pisces Sportfishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja Mexico. Alfred Glassell and his long-standing world record black marlin (1,560 lbs.) “During my time fishing for records out of Port Stephens where I was involved in more than 45 world-record catches,” says Butler, “I never saw anyone as lucky as Enrico Capozzi,” with this catch and many others. Photo: Supplied / Wyatt Johnston Wyatt Johnston, 15, is on track to break the record for a New Zealand junior on a 37 line class after the catch of a black marlin weighing more than 360kg yesterday. The Texas angler had chased giant marlin for years and finally succeeded in Cabo Blanco in Peru. Lily fought the fish for an amazing 2hrs 15mins which is incredibly difficult on the ultra line tackle. What’s wild is it came just one year after he landed a 450-pounder while fishing the same spot out in front of the Los Buzos Resort. DK: Invest in great tackle — and make it better. BLACK marlin (recently reclassified as Istiompax indica, after formerly being known as Makaira indica) are considered by many authorities to be amongst the world's premiere game fish.They certainly have size on their side, with the all tackle world record black marlin weighing in at 1560lb (707.6kg) taken by Alfred Glassell way back in 1953 off Cabo Blanco, Peru. Many photos of that trip are presented in the excellent new, . Photo courtesy of www.AntiqueFishingReels.com, Below, a grander black marlin being fought by Captain Bart Miller on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The obvious one – and though the world record for black marlin (1560) is larger than the blue world record (1402), larger blue marlin have been caught. Then he pushed the drag back to its minimal, preset point. (Photos, D. 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