Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Massive 843.7-pound Marlin Caught During Gulf Coast Billfish Tourney

 Deb Hebert's 843.7-pound marlin, caught during the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic. Joe Hudson, owner of the Iona Louise, stands to the left.

Deb Hebert has been involved in life-or-death situations and weathered the fury of hurricanes, but she has seldom been in a situation as exhilarating or draining as the one she faced during the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic (MCGBC).

Hebert, an emergency room doctor and lieutenant colonel who has flown with the Keesler Air Force Base’s famed Hurricane Hunters, hooked into the first blue marlin of her two-year fishing career on the Iona Louise, the boat owned by Joe Hudson, her boyfriend, based out of Montgomery, Alabama.

More than three hours later, the petite Hebert prevailed over the big fish and the 127-1/2-inch blue marlin was boated. When Iona Louise and crew weighed in at Biloxi’s Golden Nugget Casino and Point Cadet Marina, the huge marlin registered 843.7 pounds.

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8 comments:

  1. AMartinez no not that one!June 10, 2014 at 7:18 PM

    Wow, how majestic and what a catch. I keep telling my youngest daughter , she has to watch the Old Man and the Sea.

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  2. AMartinez no not that one!June 10, 2014 at 7:29 PM

    Don't you remember the old movie with Spencer Tracy. Sorry that's what I was refurring to.

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    1. Now I do. For some reason I only thought of the book when you mentioned it. Thanks.

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  3. AMartinez no not that one!June 10, 2014 at 7:53 PM

    Ahh the Book, we did read it in school in Florida. Back in the late 60's.

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    1. :) We did, but I believe I read mine earlier. Thanks.

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  4. I was thinking about Captain's Courageous, also starring Spencer Tracy - lots of good fishing stories out there and this is a good one, too )

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