If the hook gets buried in the bait instead of the marlin, you can pull the bait all the way out without any real chance of hooking the fish. Whippy, fiberglass outriggers, without stays and guy wires ...

“Months later, I caught a white marlin on a J hook that bled to death. It was then I recalled Hamlin’s speech at the fishing club. So, I upgraded the size of the circle hooks to a wide-gap 7/0 and ...

Skilled fishermen sometimes try to trick a white marlin onto the hook by “racing” the bait (skipping it swiftly along the surface), then suddenly dropping it backward as the openmouthed fish ...

The big fishing show off the coast is not only for salmon, but less common species like albacore tuna and, in one case, a striped marlin. Phil Wolff of Belfair was about 40 miles out of Westport ...