Andy Brach wrote:
A guest caught a sailfish off Palm Beach from my first sportfisherman in '96 and released it boatside. Through the years I've had several break off as did a big marlin in the Dominican Republic in '98. And my step-father held two IGFA world records: Pacific sailfish on 6 lb test line and Atlantic sailfish on 4 lb test line. He also held the IGFA record for Wahoo on 20 lb test line. He caught 57 marlin during his life with the largest being a 915 lb monster he caught off Kona, Hawaii. I have the beak (pictured below) off an 882 lb, 15' 3" long Black Marlin he caught while fishing in Panama out of the famed Tropic Star Lodge. It was a lodge record, March 3, 1981.
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Awesome picture of Andy. I hope you took some lesson from your step father. I see he was a seasoned fisherman.