Vic-Vic's Blue Marlin

The largest Blue Marlin ever to be caught on rod and reel in Asia to date!

A new Philippine Fishing record!

Common name: Blue Marlin

Other names: Billfish, Bondjing

Scientific name: Makaira nigricans

Place caught: 3 miles east of Susay Rock, San Vicente, Cagayan Philippines

Weight:  236.84 kilograms or 522 lbs.

Line: Maxima 130 lb. class IGFA-rated line

Reel: Penn 130 lb. class

Rod: Penn 130 lb. class trolling rod

Lure: Doorknob skirt with double hook

Battle time: 30 minutes

 

Note: Vic-Vic's catch is larger than the 462 lbs. Black Marlin caught by a Thai angler off a seamount 16 miles west of the Similan Islands in the Andaman Sea.

         There is no previous record for a Blue Marlin on a 130 lb. line class but other previous records on the Blue Marlin on two different line classes was still intact. One was held by Dr. Bartolome B. Lapus, who caught a 208 kgs. or 457.60 lbs. Blue Marlin using an 80 lb. line on the Pacific Ocean near Quezon province last March 1, 1987.

        Mr. Villavicencio's Blue Marlin is the largest Blue Marlin in the world caught so far within this year only. Hawaii's largest so far was a 463.5 pounds Blue caught last July 18, 1999.

Picture courtesy of Mr. Victor V. Villavicencio