That's funny. I have landed a few marlin (don't know that that was a sword fish?) after hours of fighting and Murph is right - not a chance of that happening. Marlin eat small tuna and other torpedo with fins - real fast swimmers. They routinely launch their bodies far out of the water and can dance on top the water with their tails. That baby marlin he had - if not recently landed and being released - would have stabbed him with his dorsal find upon landing, and then drug his ass to the abyss.
Just ask the families of those men that have gotten their hands tangled in the leader when landing a marlin and were pulled to their deaths.

Last edited by Zimm; 03/06/09 10:32 PM.

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