Bohicket Gov. Cup - Blue Marlin VIDEO

A blue marlin was landed on Saturday by Blue Sky, a 56-foot Viking, during the Bohicket Governor's Cup. Confirmation of the fish being landed about 2 p.m. allowed for much anticipation at the weigh-in scheduled from 5 to 7. Blue Sky pulled up to the fuel dock to unload their 112-inch blue marlin, and were given a round of applause from fellow anglers onboard Major Motion. Bohicket marina manager Brian Richardson directed his staffers to place the blue marlin in a gurney and bring him up the gangway to the scales. Fisheries biologists Wallace Jenkins and Amy Dukes measured the fish to verify that it was of legal length before the beast was weighed to be 515-pounds! With a home port of Georgetown, Blue Sky is owned by Greg Smith and captained by Steve Krammer. Crew members Ross Thames, Chris Bech and Hew King saw fellow angler Bill Dial of Anderson grab the Shimano Tiagra reel when the female blue marlin streaked in and took the starboard bait. A spanish mackerel rigged with a circle hook was the ticket, and the blue marlin dumped half the spool of 80-pound mono before Dial stumbled into the fighting chair. Dial said, "I loosened the drag since it was a circle hook, but the fish was about to pull the rod out of my hands. Everyone worked together as a team to clear the transom of rods and when I got in the chair Capt. Krammer backed down aggressively." Forty minutes later the blue marlin was at the transom door, they put a cord in the water that measured 105-inches and the marlin exceeded that minimum length so they opened the transom door and brought her aboard.

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PhotosByJeffDennis: The crew of the Blue Sky with their 515-pound blue marlin at the Bohicket marina; an appreciative crowd gathered to show support for the Governor's Cup Series; DNR's Wallace Jenkins and Amy Dukes worked to measure the fish and to extract biological samples for research; McNair Rhodes was fishing aboard Small Change when she reeled in this 20.2-pound mahi mahi

VideoByJeffDennis: Blue Sky offloads their 515-pound blue marlin