Show Saltwater Fishing By TED late July the saltwater fishing world was electrified when the all-tackle world-record for Atlantic blue marlin was not only but was Tom Saltwater Editor of Sports FOR YEARS marlin specialists have been chasing the mystical Atlantic blue marlin that would top 1000 The prime area of concentration was the U.S. Virgin Islands where the record had been broken the last two first in 1964 with an caught by John Battles and next in 1968 when Elliot Fishman caught his BOTH men were using a fact that is printed in the record Another factor both record catches had in common was the captain-Johnny This fact is not The new record catch simply obliterates all past The which was not caught in the Virgin but off the coast of North weighed 1142 IT WAS caught by Jack Herrington of Allison It was the first marlin Herrington had ever If the catch is accepted by the International Game Fish Herrington's name will go into the record The captain of the Harry and his Mate Richard will not have their names THIS big marlin was not Harry Baum's the year before he had taken a a biggy by most Atlantic So on board his boat Jo-Boy that day of July not was the fisherman of of all methods of trolling places least responsibility on the angler and the most on the captain and the In the majority of cases it is the mate who rigs the lets them out behind the boat and keeps checking them for proper action and making sure they do not pick up IT IS the captain who determines where to His decision is based on the the the previous day's action most of his own personal t experience and It is also the captain who steers the boat once the fish has been in the best possible after the fish has been It Is the captain who keeps the angler in a position to do I had to break it down into says would say that on the average catch a captain deserves 60 percent of the with the angler and the mate splitting the other 40 In the world-record the angler gets intent of my criticism is not to detract from Herring-ton's incredible Toni Paugh evidently did everything that could be expected of He got to the rod in he hooked the and he played it according to all the the key played it well enough to land it fight of two hours and 45 NO DOUBT he would be trie j first to credit the captain and the mate for their does not the credit |