Juvenile Black Marlin Release Tips
With the abundance of little black marlin around in 2012, please follow these basic tips to help ensure a successful release. As these are still juvenile fish, it's very important to take care of them as much as possible to ensure their long-term survival
Leave them in the water. Taking the fish out of the water is an unnecessary stress or
Cut off your leader as close to the fish as possible trying to remove a circle hook from a healthy marlin can sometimes do more harm than good.
Use a plug to limit the length of your tag applicator.
Be very careful with tag placement.
Use circle hooks the original full circle circle-hooks rather than the chemically sharpened fine gauge versions which are no different to a j-hook.
Use appropriate line class and drag. The longer you fight the more exhausted the fish will be at the time of release.
Swim tired fish by holding the base of their bill just below the surface of the water. Move your boat forward slowly just in gear to push the water through their gills.
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