Texas Fish & Game

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October 19, 2023
blue marlin

Blue Marlin: Engage in the Ultimate Battle

Blue marlin aren’t exactly a common catch, but when you put in the long hours and run far, far from port, they do represent the ultimate battle any angler could engage in. You say you’re ready […]
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September 2, 2021

Satellite Tagging Marlins-In the Gulf! (Video)

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June 3, 2021

Fascinating Blue Marlin Tagging

  The Billfish Foundation maintains the largest private tag and release database in the world, with 260,000 records by 150,000 anglers. In 2020 alone, TBF anglers and captains tagged, released, or recaptured 7,000 billfish and tuna […]
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April 20, 2021
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Targeting Blue Marlin

Trying to catch a blue marlin is a rather epic challenge, one that few people attempt in specific and even fewer accomplish. The vast majority of the blues that get hooked enter a mixed spread intended […]
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July 9, 2020

Tagging Gulf Blue Marlin

Because overfished Atlantic marlin receive no government research funding priority, large data gaps relating to their life history characteristics remain. Satellite tagging provides a means to fill some of the data gaps by recording a marlin’s […]
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