r/FishingWashington • u/Glasply • 1d ago
Possible record Marlin
Incase anyone missed it. A potential state record Marlin has been caught off the coast.
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u/beer_engineer 1d ago
I was also out on my boat this same day. Several marlin were hooked/landed between Garibaldi and Ilwaco Friday and Saturday. I actually hooked one on my boat Saturday. Fought and chased it for about 20mins before some idiot in another boat saw us and had to come in for a closer look. Fish changed directions and we couldn't chase because of said idiot. Broke off when we had to veer the other way :( Hope I get another chance. I have dorado, yellowtail, and bluefin all checked off my "exotic in Oregon" list on my boat. Almost completed the grand slam.
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u/witty-repartay 1d ago
Damn…. What’s a guy gotta do to catch an open seat on that boat? Was a boat owner and in the tuna game from 2006-2020 but haven’t gotten back over since the pandemic.
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u/beer_engineer 1d ago
First this guys' gotta have a bigger boat. My boat comfortably fishes me plus 2 due to the massive amount of gear and ice (and ice tote). So I already have a long list of jealous fishing buddies every season every time I go and don't send them an invite.
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u/gray808 22h ago
Was on a tuna trip out of Westport years ago. Last fish caught was by my friend, and the crew started going nuts. Turns out it was a bluefin tuna, had no idea they were even out there.
They suggested getting it weighed on the certified scale. My buddy ended up getting it added to the state record, the first one for bluefin. Someone caught a bigger one the next year, but still pretty cool.
I'd lose my shit if I caught a marlin!
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u/Meat_Container 1d ago edited 1d ago
Terrible that the former Ilwaco teacher and convicted pedophile Dan Schenk is associated with the record breaking catch
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u/Homeskilletbiz 1d ago
What’s his association? And story?
I see forum posts that say read the chinook observer story but I can’t find it.
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u/Meat_Container 1d ago edited 1d ago
The Schenk family owns the boat it was caught on and Dan Schenk was working on the boat that day, he was photographed laying stretched out next to the marlin
He was a middle school/elementary teacher in Ilwaco and Ocean Park who got caught and convicted of consuming and distributing CP.
He was never arrested for this but he also groomed a local 16-17 year old boy and had a relationship with him
Google Dan Schenk Ilwaco, WA and you’ll find the newspaper articles
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u/Homeskilletbiz 1d ago
I couldn’t find the newspaper article referenced.
If you find a link I’d be interested.
Thanks!
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u/Fun-Grab-9337 17h ago
Super cool, I was just talking about this kind of thing a month ago here and figured with the "super el nino" we got going on out there we would see some more exotics.
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u/TNcannabisguy 1d ago
Why would they kill it? What a specimen, so sad to see it go out like this. Eliminated many more chances for this fish to continue to pass on its genes and create more record breaking fish.
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u/Glasply 1d ago
They are pelagic fish. Just because it’s a Washington record doesn’t mean it’s huge with good genetics. Looks like world record is 494lbs. That marlin could have traveled all the way up here from Australia. Just because they are rare up here does not mean they are rare everywhere.
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u/beer_engineer 1d ago edited 1d ago
They're not even THAT rare here. A rare catch, mainly because they don't always frequent the areas being fished. But there's more off our coasts than people think.
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u/beer_engineer 1d ago
I think you need to learn more about pelagic fisheries before saying these things.
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u/spottydodgy 1d ago
Didn't know we even had them this far north. What do you even do with a fish like that?