Comments on: Photos: 547lb, 641lb, 668lb Marlin Weighed In

By: “Known Around World As Fisherman’s Paradise” | Bernews.com

“Known Around World As Fisherman’s Paradise” | Bernews.com — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:50:03 +0000

[...] Blank Check’s winning fish [view photo gallery here] [...]

By: 856lb Marlin Caught During Today’s Tournament | Bernews.com

856lb Marlin Caught During Today’s Tournament | Bernews.com — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:26:04 +0000

[...] tournament follows after last week’s Blue Marlin World Cup, which saw a 668lb catch from Kevin Gaylord of North Carolina take the top [...]

By: 668lbs Fish Caught In Bermuda Wins Tournament | Bernews.com

668lbs Fish Caught In Bermuda Wins Tournament | Bernews.com — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:14:03 +0000

[...] Kevin Gaylord from North Carolina — aboard the “Blank Check” — reeled in a 668 lbs blue marlin which was the winning catch in this year’s Blue Marlin World Cup. [...]

By: Sumset

Sumset — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:28:13 +0000

Some people keep pointing out that these big game hunters bring millions to Bermuda and so should be encouraged. Maybe Bermudians shouldn’t keep winning the prize money. Maybe we should also organise turtle hunts (delicious), whale hunts, dolphin hunts, cahow hunts, longtail hunts, dog fighting, cock fighting, bare knuckle fighting. We could make billions. At least for a few years. Some people also point out that the Marlin are pelagics that would just get caught somewhere else. But there’s strong evidence that they breed here, so it’s more like killing groupers in their spawning aggregations. Of course, some people want to bring fish pots back because there appear to be so many mid-sized groupers in some of those aggregations…

By: Sumset

Sumset — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 15:21:18 +0000

“He always thought of the sea as ‘la mar’ which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her… Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as ‘el mar’ which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy.” Papa Hemingway.

By: pwndwg

pwndwg — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 13:30:14 +0000

Marlin have exceptionally high mercury levels. No one who can afford to eat something else chooses to eat marlin.

By: jredmond

jredmond — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 18:19:58 +0000

Haha. You got jokes

By: sugra

sugra — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:57:16 +0000

Papa speaks the truth.

By: sugra

sugra — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:54:37 +0000

Not for nothing, but it’s 130lb test line and trolling speed is around 8.5-10kts

Granola anyone?

By: Cousin

Cousin — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:06:47 +0000

Lmao, I’m out on a boat now that just released a blue marlin about 400 lbs…. It’s a shame we released it cause they change such beautiful colors when you hit them over there heads !!!!

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:06:46 +0000

I can see that it makes your ego feel very good to leave random mean comments.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:05:10 +0000

The ignorance is in making mean comments, for no reason, when we all could have a respectful and elevating consultation. The ignorance is in knowing that when the seas are overfished it causes a great imbalance in the ocean. The balance of a healthy sea is what keeps a earth healthy. Without a healthy earth, the “millions” mean nothing. The ignorance is in calling names or letting the ego lead the comments, rather than being thoughtful and considering all sides, respectfully. There is much to learn here. And we certainly have much to learn in our ability to communicate kindly and maturely.

Respectfully~

By: Truth (Original)

Truth (Original) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:04:42 +0000

Oh um, white youth in Bermuda are not disenfranchised, hence the racial relevance.

By: Grand Wizzard

Grand Wizzard — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:57:03 +0000

What if extraterrestrials came to earth and started doing this to us? Imagine a human snagged on a barbed hook, reeled up off the ground onto their ship, hung from its mouth, blood pouring out, exhausted from fighting for its life…its children now without a parent…while the extraterrestrials laugh and celebrate how big and fat the human is they caught.

What if? Could humans cry injustice?

“The intellectual evolution of a species is marked by how it treats lesser species. Barbarism is only found in lesser species. Humans are still at the level of barbarian.”

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:38:20 +0000

yes

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:37:43 +0000

I appreciate your comment very much, Truth, innocent people and creatures need protection. There is no good reason to kill these huge creatures. Often times killing the mature females then using them for chum… The negative impact on the environment is completely selfish… PS. I work with the disadvantaged youth… That is what my life is dedicated to

By: Clive Spate

Clive Spate — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:34:21 +0000

I was joking!!

By: Floyd Pitcher

Floyd Pitcher — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:13:54 +0000

Facts

From NOAA

3.2 Long distance movements
Despite having the lowest recapture rate for Atlantic billfishes, these recaptures indicate that blue marlin have
the broadest range of any Atlantic billfish species (Orbesen et al. 2008), with 20 incidents recorded for transAtlantic (i.e., crossing the mid-Atlantic ridge) and six incidents showing trans-equatorial movements (Figure 4).
Blue marlin are also the only species documented for inter-oceanic movement, in this case a single individual
moving from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean.

By: Floyd Pitcher

Floyd Pitcher — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:05:13 +0000

Hmm just wondering if you own a leather handbag or shoes!!!! Can you say HYPOCRITE!!!

By: Floyd Pitcher

Floyd Pitcher — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:00:41 +0000

That isnt going to happen Jeffery you know these lot have to have the best Nikes, Gucci, Sean John they all made in sweat shops where the workers work for pittance and are ill treated but that’s ok!!! $100 plus for sneakers that cost less than $25 to make!!! What of that poor child that works the loom making Afgan rugs for around $2 a day yet the rug sells for thousands of dollars!!!??? Im sure thats ok

By: Floyd Pitcher

Floyd Pitcher — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:54:52 +0000

@ Amazed – Ditto, What a wealth of ignorance and stupidity!!!! As you said no wonder our country is in a shambles!!!!

By: Floyd Pitcher

Floyd Pitcher — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:51:27 +0000

Sad how ignorant people really are!!!

By: Floyd Pitcher

Floyd Pitcher — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:50:01 +0000

There is no such thing as a Bermuda Marlin. These are Atlantic Blue marlin they do not solely reside in Bermuda. Neither do the tuna, wahoo or any other pelagics.

By: Erenst Hemingway

Erenst Hemingway — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:08:23 +0000

Bermudian fisherman have always killed marlin for use as bait. A group of friends would all fish for them on their separate boats on the way to and from the banks and whoever caught one would share the meat with the rest. Now that these fish are being caught for the tournaments (which are only a few days every year) the local fisherman rely on these fish as their source of bait. The meat is passed around amongst the commercial and recreational fishing community and everyone is happy, except for a few people who seem to think that killing anything is a travesty.

In reality, no more or less marlin are being killed than they were before. Take away the tournaments and the commercial fishermen will go back to catching them themselves, and we will miss out on the tourist $$$.

By: Anti killing for sport

Anti killing for sport — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:47:52 +0000

Terrible that these Marlins are being killed for sport when we need them to keep our oceans healthy. People need to see the big picture!! That adrenaline rush of catching a marlin is like a drug to people that is destroying our oceans and will lead to Marlin extinction.

By: Vulpes

Vulpes — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:17:38 +0000

Not a good day to be a Marlin, what between the dangers of getting hooked and avoiding beer cans. Seriously, what happened to photograph and release, the way the tournament was run a few years ago?

By: Car Battery

Car Battery — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:31:11 +0000

Bermudians will find a way to complain.

By: Car Battery

Car Battery — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:27:02 +0000

You clearly have no clue – it is in fact Millions.

By: Rick Olson

Rick Olson — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 04:41:22 +0000

Another form off gaming that draws big money in tourist dollars to the Island ……let them play
BLACKJACK TOO !

By: Unjrust Realities

Unjrust Realities — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 03:08:27 +0000

LOL!!!! Now that was funny!!!

By: Unjrust Realities

Unjrust Realities — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 03:05:26 +0000

And neither do our disenfranchised youth . . .black and white . . .hence the reason we see them striking out and behaving the way we do.

We as a people have more sympathy for an animal/fish than we do our own kids!!!

By: Truth (Original)

Truth (Original) — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 02:36:27 +0000

It’s not an either or scenario.

By: Come Correct

Come Correct — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 02:31:07 +0000

I’m assuming its a top feeder to so a good bit of mercury content in the meat? I would rather tuna if I’m going to poison myself.

By: tugboatannie

tugboatannie — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:54:47 +0000

I have to admit, they would look a whole lot better swimming in the sea than hanging from a crane.

By: 40 acres no mule

40 acres no mule — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:53:18 +0000

Protest by not eating anything. Get it?

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:30:47 +0000

He should have pushed Wayne ovver board !!!

By: Jesus Sneezus

Jesus Sneezus — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:29:19 +0000

White man here, as if that is somehow relevant. They are fish, screw em. Young black youth is worth fighting for, as is young white youth.

By: Jesus Fairytale

Jesus Fairytale — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:26:09 +0000

It’s not great eating, you can smoke it, or BBQ it with lots of sauce, but either way its bad. Other fish like it though,you can bait it all day long.

By: Timothy Hickey

Timothy Hickey — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:19:18 +0000

What has happened to the people of Bermuda??? You complain when Americans come to the island. You complain when Americans DON’T come to the island. You complain about cruise passengers not spending enough on your island yet think that tourists paying $300-$500 per night for a hotel is OK. You hate us for inundating your “transportation” system (buses & ferries)when the ships visit even though the operators of the ferries and buses spend more time in mid-day meetings then doing their jobs. And all the time blaming your tourism board for the decline in visitors!! Get over yourselves!! There was a time when I would visit your island that I considered it my home away from home. NOW, when I vacation, I look elsewhere because of what I have been reading from the many thankless citizens of a once wonderful island!! We used to feel welcomed on Bermuda. Not anymore!! If it wasn’t for international types of competition like in this story, your crime (which is on the rise) would overtake your once beautiful island!! Why not concentrate on that and NOT those that still wish to visit Bermuda? It’s obvious from most of these posts you are hungry for income on the island. You, NOT the tourism board, are going about selling your island the wrong way. Posts to Bernews and the Bermuda Sun are not isolated to the island when it comes to the internet and people of other countries are reading what YOU post!!! And no, I am NOT a member of the tourism board, just a past visitor that lives in Florida that chooses to feel welcomed at my vacation destination that I worked all year to attain.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:12:29 +0000

oops…meant to write “breeding”

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:11:27 +0000

You are exactly right, pwndwg ! They kill the mature breading females and use them for bait. It is absolutely irresponsible. So ignorant and harmful…

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:06:17 +0000

This is Horrible and Horrendous! I can not believe anyone would kill such amazing creatures for sport! Disgusting… Killing any animal, land or sea, should be outlawed! Shame, shame, shameful… and heartbreaking.

By: stewie griffin

stewie griffin — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:56:28 +0000

Wow thats some big fish!! must have been over on the south shore eating all those grease balls over the past few years..

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:49:53 +0000

I hope all you killers in the afterlife come back as a blue marlin getting pulled on the back of a boat by 100lb monofilament with a six inch hook in your mouth at 15 knots! Feel the pain!!

By: Amazed

Amazed — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:02:52 +0000

Or not wearing shoes……

By: Cousin

Cousin — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:17:15 +0000

Before you start talking crap I suggest you get your facts correct. These tournaments bring MILLIONS to Bermuda!!! I’ll give you an example, one boat make 5 fishing trips and put 12,000 dollars into its fuel tank. Most of the boats are here for 6 weeks and fish an average of 20-25 days. Do the math.
95% of blue marlin are released world wide by the sport fishing boats and Bermuda is no exception.
And trust me, if a tournament director was to hand you 400 gran Im sure you would hold both your hands out and be on the front page showing off your cheque !!!!!!

By: Amazed

Amazed — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:57:18 +0000

Oh, and by the way, the number of marlin killed as bycatch in Asian longline fisheries far outweighs the 3 fish killed today. If you have ever eaten a tuna sandwich made with Geisha brand tuna – you are responsible for far more violence and destruction than any fisherman that catches fish in a tournament.

Amazed?

By: Amazed

Amazed — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:52:05 +0000

Cycle to the death….I’m in. Might be easier to drive in the east end on Sunday mornings.

By: jredmond

jredmond — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:39:36 +0000

whaa, whaa…sportfishing…whaa, whaa… The clothes on most of y’alls back are probably made by by workers in China, or Bangladesh, or India that get paid pennys an hour and live in slums with no infrastructure. You should protest this travesty by going naked.

By: Clive Spate

Clive Spate — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:17:27 +0000

Are you suggesting these aren’t Bermudian marlin?

Why should foreign marlin get caught when there a plenty of Bermudian marlin?

Are these marlin on work permits??