It's next to impossible to judge exactly how a marlin will react once it's hooked. The one thing that's certain is that there's a massive fish with a spear on its face and anything can happen. It's not uncommon for fishermen to get speared by a marlin while fighting to get them in their boat. ...

This just goes to show you, it's not the gear that makes the fisherman, it's how he uses what he has. A 400-pound Goliath grouper was recently caught by Ryan Hein of St. Petersburg, FL. He didn't use the latest lure to snag this mammoth (technically) but he did use something you've probably never ...