Take the East Cape of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, where Kip Adam, owner of the guide company World's Best Big Game Fishing Inc. The scaly, snaggletoothed swimmers dwell in jungle waters, lakes and deep oceans alike, leaping, cutting wakes, sweeping down, and sometimes swallowing a hook to fight. Indeed, the greatest fish tales ever told come back from fights with marlin and tuna, or swordfish leaping wildly out of ocean waves (think Hemingway and "The Old Man and the Sea.")įor this story we polled 10 veteran pursuers of big fish to pick their top destination to cast and troll for beasts of the deep. The great drama of a fish story - rods arcing, reels spinning, feet bracing on bulkhead walls - gains currency as the size of the fish grows. "Everyone just screamed "Oh my God!" Dahlberg said. Dahlberg's partner, attempting to steady the flailing creature, suffered a dislocated shoulder at the shake of the fish's head. When he finally landed the beast - a 396-pound giant catfish - the fight was far from over.
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