I was waiting for someone to give me some info on the guy and my suspicions are spot on. Guys that chase fish like this are the ultimate conservationists.scott__henning wrote:Eddie is a top bloke and he’d have over 2000 tagged and released blues to his name.
He’s been chasing a grander off Exmouth for years, and has lost 2 previously at the boat, good on him for finally getting one!
There are soooo many blue marlin out there, no commmercial pressure in aus, absolutely nothing wrong with taking one, expecially a record fish.
What i was going to say is, i bet this guy has tagged and released heaps of marlin for science and has actually probably helped these fish in some way. More than i can say for the tree hugging hippies who kick up a stink to this kind of stuff.. thinking they are conservationist and all earthly because they hike once every 6 months, while driving around in their cars and talking on their iphones..
Anth