Some years ago I was in the cockpit of a sportfish with a guy who seemed to more or less know what he was doing, when another angler hooked up with a marlin. Always on the lookout to get cool pics like the one you see here (wink, wink) I asked him if he’d mind handling the fish while I handled my camera. He said “sure,” and then when they got the fish up next to the boat fumbled a few times, finally got a grip on the fish’s beak, looked at me, and said “what do I do now?”
As it turned out, he had never billed a marlin before. And for a first-timer truth be told he did just fine; after getting a few shots off with the camera I leaned over, wiggled the hook out, and we released the fish without any problems. Still, as simple as billing a billfish would seem to be there are a couple of rules to observe.
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