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2025, Blue Marlin Fishing: Teasers and Baits
39:59 · Mike HennessyMike Hennessy fishes marlin teasers and dead baits on a pinnacle 40 miles off Pacific Costa Rica, and a blue marlin comes up on the teaser and switches to the bait. He covers trolling speeds for lures and naturals and stitching a skipjack’s mouth shut to fish it as a flopper.
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2025, Teasers for Blue Marlin Fishing: Mike Hennessy
10:44 · Mike HennessyMarlin teasers from Mike Hennessy, who has run them from Costa Rica to Cape Verde, Indonesia and Australia. He shows why big fish hit the teaser closest to the boat, how he picks colors from the bait in the water, and when he slows to 6.5 knots.
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2024, Vinyl vs. Rubber Trolling Lure Skirts for Fishing Blue Marlin
7:36 · Kevin HibbardVinyl vs rubber trolling lure skirts, sorted by the head they go on. Kevin Hibbard explains why rubber belongs on a bullet and vinyl on a pusher in Kona, what black smoke and white smoke look like in the water, and which skirt survives wahoo and long storage.
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2023, Rigging Marlin Lures with Sta-Stuk Hooks
11:45 · Kevin HibbardSta-Stuk hooks rigged aboard Kevin Hibbard's boat in Kona, right after a blue marlin ate one in the new Little Hibby. Kris Ishibashi covers the crimp, the grease and the tape, which way the leader should curve in a slant face or a bullet, and the one fish, one rig habit behind every leader on the boat.
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2023, Lure Spread Setup for Marlin Fishing: Kona Style
21:24 · Kevin HibbardKris Ishibashi sets the marlin trolling spread on Kevin Hibbard’s 2nd Offense one line at a time, from the taglines to the teaser on the second wave. He explains which lure swims high on the wave and which tracks in the trough, why the long line goes out first, and why the hooks are singles.
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2023, Fundamentals of Fishing Structure for Blue Marlin
29:51 · Kevin HibbardBlue marlin behavior around structure comes down to current, and Kevin Hibbard explains why the side it hits head on holds the bait, from the ledges off Kona to the banks off the Azores. He covers the corner in a ledge where fish stack, live baiting against a ledge, and using a 360 degree sonar to decide when to leave.
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2023, Blue Marlin Hooks with Kevin Hibbard
23:17 · Kevin HibbardKevin Hibbard lays out the marlin hooks on the 2nd Offense, starting with the two-piece Sta-Stuk from Release Marine and how its clips deploy on the strike. He covers the longer shank, turned-in points that wedge on a wrapped bill, open-throat hooks for live bait, and keeping the Sta-Stuk IGFA legal inside the skirt.
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2021, Blue Marlin Fishing Tackle with Kevin Hibbard
29:16 · Kevin HibbardKevin Hibbard walks through the marlin fishing tackle on the 2nd Offense, from Seeker blanks built stiff with a working tip to 1,200 yards of hollow Spectra under a mono top shot. He shows the three tape drag marks, the stand-up chair technique he learned in Australia, and why the fish goes crazy at the leader.
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2021, Blue Marlin Trolling Technique with Kevin Hibbard
14:58 · Kevin HibbardKevin Hibbard shows what he looks for when trolling for marlin off Kona: porpoise schools carrying ahi, a few birds on a calm sea, and the current pushing fish onto the ledge. He explains the coin toss between going left or right, how he works an area after a bite, and the cinder cone marks he trusts over GPS.
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2021, Blue Marlin Trolling Lures with Kevin Hibbard
37:56 · Kevin HibbardBlue marlin trolling lures from a Kona captain's own bag. Kevin Hibbard names the four lures he would take on any trip, explains why a bullet is always in his spread, and makes the case that color is for the angler, not the marlin, and that changing lures all day is a mind game.
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2021, Fishing Kona with Kevin Hibbard for Blue Marlin
22:33 · Kevin HibbardSpend a day of Kona blue marlin fishing with Kevin Hibbard, starting in 1,000 fathoms just three miles offshore. He reads the current at a buoy, picks between the ledge and deep water, explains why he leaves milky green water, and talks through the bait that sets Kona apart from Costa Rica.
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2021, Boat Driving Skills for Blue Marlin with Kevin Hibbard
16:47 · Kevin HibbardKevin Hibbard shows how he drives the boat once a blue marlin is hooked, from driving away from a fish that goes straight down to keeping the bow into the current. He also explains why he keeps the spread to four lures, so the boat is free to go after a fish the moment it bites.
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2019, Rigging Lures and Terminal Connections for Blue Marlin
19:36 · Chris RushfordA marlin rig built for 1,000 lb blue marlin, out wide of the Rowley Shoals off Western Australia. Chris Rushford stiffens the hook rig with a rigid riser so the lure runs straight, rigs a 10/0 Jobu on 700 lb leader, locks every connection, and sets his spread outside a dredge.
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2019, Rigging Blue Marlin Lures with RJ Boyle
1:00:02 · RJ BoyleRigging blue marlin lures with RJ Boyle, from cable to point. He builds a single hook set on 7x7 cable, leaves elephant ears on the crimp so it can't cut the cable, trims the skirt to the hook, and shows how he marks and files a marlin hook so he can see every stroke of the file.
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2018, Big Game Legends - George Parker Part 2
34:22 · George ParkerGeorge Parker shares his valuable insights on marlin fishing in Hawaii for the In The Spread prject Big Game Legends.
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2018, Big Game Legends - Mike Benitez
55:31 · Mike BenitezMike Benitez In The Spread Big Game Legends Interview
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2018, Big Game Legends - James Roberts
26:48 · James RobertsInterview with Big Game Legends James Roberts
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2018, Big Game Legends - Alfred Glassell
42:14 · Alfred GlassellAlfred Glassell shares experiences with In The Spread
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2018, Big Game Legends - George Parker Part 1
47:20 · George ParkerGeorge Parker Big Game Legends Interview Part 1
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2018, Design Thoughts on Trolling Lures with Peter Bristow
8:37 · Peter BristowTrolling lure design from Peter Bristow, who made his name on the Great Barrier Reef before Micronesia and Madeira. He checks lures on a live center, shows why a top heavy or lopsided lure rolls, and explains the sloped face and lead keel that keep a single hook upright.
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