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Catching a Marlin

INTERNATIONAL GAMEFISHING ASSOCIATION (IGFA) WORLD RECORDS ESTABLISHED IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

Key:

* Still Standing

M Mens

W Womens

Species 

Weight

(lbs)

 Line

Date

Cobia

52-3/4

12

2/19/67

Kingfish

67

30 (M)

2/12/80

Kingfish

65

130

6/15/80

Kingfish

44

12

5/07/69

Blue Marlin

1,282

130

8/06/77

Blue Marlin

1,073*

130 (W)

7/06/89

Blue Marlin

854

80

7/04/68

Blue Marlin

814

80

7/26/64

Blue Marlin

705

80

7/08/72

Blue Marlin

448*

12 (M)

9/16/71

Blue Marlin

392

16 (M)

8/14/73

Blue Marlin

404

16 (M)

8/02/88

Blue Marlin

305*

16 (W)

7/11/90

Blue Marlin

273

16 (W)

8/13/67

Blue Marlin

389

30

9/05/72

Blue Marlin

337

20

6/17/73

Blue Marlin

159

Fly-16

8/18/90

Tuna (yellowfin)

76

12

5/10/69

Tuna (skipjack)

28

20 (W)

7/16/77

Wahoo

124

50 (M)

3/29/67

Wahoo

83*

20 (W)

3/05/68

Wahoo

138

16 (M)

9/22/82

Wahoo

69

12

2/09/72

Wahoo

66

12

2/27/69

Wahoo

66

12

4/07/67

Wahoo

50

Spin-10

3/24/69

(From: Sports Fishing in the Virgin Islands. Carol Bareuther, 1992. American Paradise Publishing, St. John, USVI.)