PHOTOS: Fisherman's boat sunk by huge marlin

By David Strege, Grind TV, Yahoo!7 February 1, 2013, 10:33 am

A fisherman off Panama was battling a huge black marlin when the battle took a turn for the worse. The fish sank the boat.

Or as Marlin Magazine put it on its Facebook post, "Marlin Wins!"

Not all the details are in, but apparently the captain began backing down on the huge fish, a common practice in big-game fishing when a fish is taking line. He puts the boat in reverse to chase the fish.

One commenter on Marlin Magazine's Facebook post who apparently had some knowledge of the incident said that the captain fell as he was backing down on the fish at full throttle. The boat took on too much water and, finally, there was no correcting the situation.

Marlin Magazine reported that the boat went to the bottom of the sea and everybody on board was rescued by the photo boat. And, of course, the fish got away.

This story first appeared on grindtv.com: http://bit.ly/U4ytOt

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88 Comments

Areel08:08am Monday 04th February 2013 ESTReport Abuse

In September the headlines will read " Abbott sunk by huge defeat ". Labor hold a clear majority and always will whilst my beautiful leader Ms Gillard is at the helm. Kindest regards Areel

sheryl11:28am Sunday 03rd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse

I love when nature wins, gooo Marlin.

Sara02:30pm Saturday 02nd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse

good on him, nice to see the fish win for once

フランク12:06pm Saturday 02nd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse

#$%$ I wasn't talking about any particular story! I posted there because of the fishing content and also because I wasn't able to post on an article which had an astronomical number of mistakes! Like it was written by a child! Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Peter07:43am Saturday 02nd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse

Of course the fish sunk the boat. If it had not been caught in the first place, the skipper would not have made his mistake.

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Areel08:08am Monday 04th February 2013 ESTReport Abuse
In September the headlines will read " Abbott sunk by huge defeat ". Labor hold a clear majority and always will whilst my beautiful leader Ms Gillard is at the helm. Kindest regards Areel
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sheryl11:28am Sunday 03rd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse
I love when nature wins, gooo Marlin.
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Sara02:30pm Saturday 02nd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse
good on him, nice to see the fish win for once
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フランク12:06pm Saturday 02nd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse
#$%$ I wasn't talking about any particular story! I posted there because of the fishing content and also because I wasn't able to post on an article which had an astronomical number of mistakes! Like it was written by a child! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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Peter07:43am Saturday 02nd February 2013 ESTReport Abuse
Of course the fish sunk the boat. If it had not been caught in the first place, the skipper would not have made his mistake.