AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Kayak angler fights 500-pound black marlin for six hours, gets towed 15 miles off Panama's coast
A fishing guide named Adam Fisk hooked a massive black marlin from a kayak off Panama's Pacific coast, fought it for more than six hours, and released what may be an unofficial kayak world record, after the fish dragged him 15 miles out to sea. Fisk, a saltwater kayak fishing specialist who has guided anglers […] The post Kayak angler fights 500-pound black marlin for six hours, gets towed 15 miles off Panama's coast appeared first on American Almanac .
A fishing guide named Adam Fisk hooked a massive black marlin from a kayak off Panama's Pacific coast, fought it for more than six hours, and released what may be an unofficial kayak world record, after the fish dragged him 15 miles out to sea. Fisk, a saltwater kayak fishing specialist who has guided anglers in Panama, Alaska, and Florida, was on a rare day off near the Los Buzos Resort when he dropped a blue runner into the water and connected with something far bigger than his small craft was built to handle. The black marlin, later estimated at roughly 500 pounds, took off, and took Fisk with it. He radioed for help almost immediately. Friends brought a boat to shadow him, but Fisk stayed in the kayak for more than four hours as the…Open