About four hours into the fight, it became apparent the fish had expired and the most difficult phase of the battle began…cranking a 600+ pound dead fish up on 80-pound test line.
The key to success was to get the fish coming and don’t stop cranking. Every angler onboard took repeated turns on the rod.
“This is it. This is the one that caught the fish,” said Greene as he pulled the rod and reel combo out at his slip at Orange Beach Marina. “We obviously had to replace the Ande monofilament fishing line when we got done with it, but this is the setup we were using. It’s just a Shimano Tiagra fifty-wide. Kathy Kruse at The Rod Room built the rod, and those ladies are just amazing rod builders. They do a great job.
Six hours later, the fish was beside the boat and everyone could breathe a sigh of relief. Another hour of pulling, hoisting and bent gaffs later, the fish was on board and headed to port. After just a handful of previous blue fin hook-ups over the years, this was the first Captain Greene had been able to land.
“I mean, to catch a fish like that, everything has to go right. There’s a million ways it can go wrong and fortunately everything went right and the mates were right on top of things and did a good job.”“Get the grill hot. Sear it on both sides,” explained Intimidator deckhand, Grady Gunn. “I used some cilantro-lime seasoning and squeezed to lime over the top of it and it was just wonderful. It was cold in the middle still. Just…it was wonderful.
Captain Greene did have to notify National Marine Fisheries on the way in that he had a blue fin on board. There is a small, incidental catch quota allowed for blue fin caught in the gulf for just this kind of situation. Since the catch, that quota filled, and the Gulf of Mexico Blue fin fishery closed May 9, 2023.
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