FLORIDA ANGLER LANDS STATE RECORD BLUE MARLIN
August 18, 2008
August 18, 2008
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C., Aug. 18 -- The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Marine Fisheries issued the following news release:
A 34-year state record fell Friday with the catch of a 1,228 pound, 8 ounce blue marlin off Oregon Inlet.
Trey Irvine of Weston, Fla., landed the gigantic fish, which measured 179.5 inches total length (tip of the nose to tip of the tail) with a girth of 82 inches.
Irvine caught the fish onb . . .
A 34-year state record fell Friday with the catch of a 1,228 pound, 8 ounce blue marlin off Oregon Inlet.
Trey Irvine of Weston, Fla., landed the gigantic fish, which measured 179.5 inches total length (tip of the nose to tip of the tail) with a girth of 82 inches.
Irvine caught the fish onb . . .