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New (4 lb) class line Striped Marlin Record
Saltwater Fish Species, Saltwater Fishing, Striped Marlin theangler PM
With very thin 2 kg (4 lb) class line New Zealand lady angler Eryn Jacobsen, of Pukence, Kaitana, guided by John Batterton, landed a 95 kg (209 lb 6 oz) striped marlin (Kajikia audax) on March 28. For some 40 minutes she delicately finessed the billfish from the waters of the Three Kings Islands, the northernmost point of the North Island of New Zealand, where the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea meet. The current women’s IGFA line class record is 142 lb 8 oz (64.63 kg) caught Panama’s Pinas Bay in 1991.
209 lb 6 oz striped marlin
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