Fisherman Nearly Impaled by Marlin as Fish Jumps Into Boat
Fishing for blue marlin is an exciting and quite challenging adventure. It can also become a dangerous adventure as you'll see in this video showing a jumping marlin nearly turning a fisherman into a shish kabob while on a recent fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico.
Blue Marlin Fishing In The Gulf Of Mexico
Atlantic blue marlin are some of the largest billfish species in the world.
Many fishermen consider catching a blue marlin to be the top of the mountain when it comes to fishing.
These fish are apex predators of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean and are quite formidable opponents to offshore anglers.
According to outdoorlife.com, the largest blue marlin ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico is a whopping 1,145 lbs and measured 12.17 feet long.
While the crew aboard the Jubilee didn't break any records with the blue marlin they recently reeled in, they are making headlines for a different reason.
From brobible.com -
"The crew of the Jubilee learned that on Monday when they were hooked up with a jumping marlin that was close enough to the boat that the mate had gotten hands on the leader for a release.
Things then got scary in an instant when the fish jumped right into the boat and nearly impaled one of the mates."
The marlin's spear-like snout can be pretty dangerous when the fish comes flying out of the ocean, and one fisherman narrowly found out the hard way.
Although it is rare for a fisherman to be impaled by a blue marlin, it does occasionally happen and, in this video you can see just how fast that can take place.
Thankfully, this guy was able to turn in just the right way to barely avoid being speared by the blue marlin as it jumped into the boat.
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