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Photos of Huge Atlantic
Blue Marlin
- page 2 of 4
Dedicated to the Memory of
our Friend, Capt. Joseph Franck |
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Could You Release the World Record
Blue Marlin for Conservation?��Below is a blue marlin estimated at about 1400 lbs. caught on 80-lb. tackle by
Capt. Jo Franck and angler, Peter Ganz, but revived and RELEASED off the island of Faial in the Azores.� They knew
she was more than 200 lbs. over the 80-lb. world record and about the same size as the 130-lb. world record (1402 lbs.) (Photo, courtesy P. Ganz) |
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Left, Capt. Per Magnus Ostrand with Jacky Delbrel's 80-lb. line class world record blue marlin (1,189 lbs.) caught near Faial in the Azores.�
She was just too big to fit through the tuna door.� (Photo, C. Guigo) |
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Above and below, tools of the trade.
(Photos, J. Vertommen) |
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Below, a big Azorean blue being fought by wireman Greg Keck.� (Photo, J. Vertommen) |
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"Grander's Pandemonium" |
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"Airborne"� (Photo, J. Vertommen) |
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An Astounding Catch - the 4-lb. line class world record blue marlin (573 lbs.) caught by multi-world record holder, Leo Cloostermans in 1995 off Faial, Azores.�� It weighed 161 times the breaking strength of the line.� (Photo, family Cloostermans) |
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Author, Greet Wouters' blue about to be tagged and released in the Azores.��� (Photo, G. Wouters) |
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Above, Capt. Jose Campos (who has caught 300 blues) removing the hook from the jaw of an estimated 350-pounder - Jim Chambers' first Atlantic blue marlin - caught off San Juan, Puerto Rico, in July 2000.�� Above right, Chambers and the crew savoring the moment following its revival and release in good shape. |
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"Capri" fishing off Faial, Azores.�� (Photo, J. Vertommen) |
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Most of these photos are from a great new book entitled "Close to the Surface."� It's a pictorial history of 50 years of big game fishing in the Azores authored by Greet Wouters, wife of Captain Joseph Franck.� Together they owned Shanghai Charters, the top big game fishing operation in the Azores.� To get your copy, email
HERE. |
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OTHER PAGES ON THIS WEBSITE
The Severity of Atlantic Population Losses
The Facts - Headed for Extinction
Blue and White Marlin
Sailfish
Swordfish
Bluefin Tuna
Sharks
Endangered Species Act
White Marlin Listing Petition
Articles in National Sport Fishing Magazines
Articles on Big Game Fish of the Atlantic
Hunting Giants
Hunting Grander Blue Marlin and Bluefin
Those Magnificent Giants
Going, Going, Gone
Headed for Extinction
Atlantic
Hot Spots
Chambers and Associates
Overview
List of All Pages on this Website
Home ��
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MORE PHOTOS
Photos
Index
Swordfish
- 3 pages
Atlantic Blue Marlin - pg.
3 of 4
Pacific Blue Marlin -
3 pages
Black Marlin -
3 pages
Bluefin Tuna -
6 pages
Bigeye Tuna
Yellowfin Tuna
White Marlin
- 2 pages
Spearfish
Sailfish
Large Sharks |
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Chambers and Associates
9814 Kensington Parkway
Kensington Maryland 20895-3425
(T) 301-949-7778��� (Fax) 301-949-3003 |
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