a mate caught this marlin a month or two ago . got it aon a red an white bibbed minno.

as you would expect a hard mouthed fish like this to pull the hooks it couldnt .

first jump out of the water it spun in the air lassooing itself back onto one of the trebbles of the lure witch was hooked up just in front of the gillplate.if ya look carefully at the pic you can see where the leader went arond behind the dorsal fin.jack had a hell of atime getn it boat side due to the fact of the position of the leader.fish basicaly had its head.if ya know what i mean