Shot a Marlin through the head

Don't get excited it wasn't a fair shot on a free swimming fish 😊
Marlin hit my 9/0 reel that's strapped to the back stanchion on the sailboat, to be clear no rod! Smoked that reel! Had to jump in and try to shoot a green pissed off blue marlin 😨. Chased me out the water first try😲 but second round I almost stoned him, and then the drama of trying to get it aboard the sailboat began! 😁
The entire thing was smoked, delicious! Still waiting for my chance to get one while diving fair and square.

The reel it hit!

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That is so very cool!

Please tell me you shot it with the Koah! I got mine all set up for the Texas wahoo trip. The trip has been postponed till the end of February due to work. Tell me about the large capacity reel on yours. What make is it? what size line?

Shot some Jacks and Cobia with it and the Mori slip tip to practice for the 'Hoo

I never thought about attaching a penn reel to a handrail for trolling.

Congratulations on a great fish whatever the method (or combination of methods)

Keith

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Keith I always go with both my Ulusub and my koah now, both my go to guns at the moment. The Ulusub was set up breakaway so that's what I went in with!
Old sailors trick to get a reel on a sailboat with very little fuss... if it wasn't a sailboat I would not do it...lol
I use a Ulusub 90 meter reel for most things, it's cheap, bullet proof and simple. The koah has on my fancy expensive reel which has served me extremely well but would not buy again due to cost.
My go to line is the dynaglide hollow braid 1.8 mm 1000lb strength that I speak about in many threads. My Ulusub is loaded with Jon's go to line which is fantastic stuff, but not my go to. I like to braid/splice my lines and his has a mono line through the core which makes the line stiffer and nice to work with when fighting fish, but not suitable for splicing.

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I bet that the tip removal involved a hatchet.:laughing3:

Just about [emoji15] ... but thankfully I could get a knife in through the gills and cut the Mori tip free.... took forever! Normally you just push the shaft through the fish, put the tip back on and holding the slip tip line firmly push it back through and Bobs your uncle. But I was in the skull and man that's one hard headed fish!

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Never used a sliptip much until i got the new gun.

Shot a jack in the top of the head with 1 band. (big mistake) Spent about 20 minutes on the boat cutting up the fish head while everyone else was killing fish. I know that i must have one for the bluewater though.

Not true, many of the greatest spearos shoot with a flopper. What's really popular now is the double floppers for bluewater shooting. Flooper shooting gives you more speed and accuracy, that's why guys like me who like slip tips need the big guns to push them. If I lived in a place with easy access to cheap shafts I think I would shoot always double flopper and only reserve the slip tip for tuna.

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Mori and aimrite sliptips are very accurate from my tests.

I only use Mori slip tips for awhile now... but even though I have never tested it, I have observed a definite difference between shooting with a flopper out of my big gun compared to shooting with a single flopper. But as you say Harry I haven't actually tested it in a controlled environment. I can say that my Mori tips are very accurate even on my 20 ft shot's, I like shooting wahoo from behind. But the flopper has been faster and more powerful for me.

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So that was a in water flying gaff?;) Your supposed to rig a emergency spinnaker of the stern and back down on that smoked meat.;)

Cheers, Don

Hahhahahahahahaha in water flying gaff indeed! Boy Don hard to back down on a mono hull sailboat in 20 k 6/9 ft seas [emoji1] . I have a Mahi story from same week I will share soon for your entertainment.

Sure you do Matt, I have read your stories... you have the madness :crazy: in you same as me

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Awesome no matter what! Was it hard to get the sliptip out?

Dan i completly missed the question! Sorry man i wasnt being a Dick...:laughing:
Answered someone else though. If you know that you have to push the shaft all the way through with a slip tip and then holding the line tight so it(slip tip) stays on while pushing it back through with shaft, its no big deal 99% of the time. This time I had bone to deal with so not so easy... I really dont like head shots on big fish

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You can just untie the knot. Nice Fish George!

Not on cable Jon [emoji6]

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nice blue marlin capture!

Thanks man, nothing like the ones i have seen you take... but one day.