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paying thousands of dollars to lose to a fish, then bragging about it forever.
means deep-sea trolling for billfish that can outweigh a car and outrun a speedboat, usually released after the fight.
from the sport crystallized in the 1930s off cuba and california, with ernest hemingway turning his own obsession into the old man and the sea and permanently glamorizing the fight.
top speedmarlin can hit 50 mph in short bursts
fight lengthbattles routinely run 1 to 6 hours
release ratemost tournaments now mandate catch and release
record sizelargest black marlin weighed over 1,560 pounds
for instance
bisbee black and blue — cabo tournament, single fish once paid out 1.6 million dollars
hemingway's pilar — his boat off cuba, subject of the old man and the sea
kona hawaii grounds — famous for giant pacific blue marlin over 1,000 pounds
white marlin open — ocean city maryland, world's largest billfish tournament since 1965