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Striped Marlin
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Striped marlin, with its relatively small size, compared to the Blue or Black marlin, making it catch-able by most, gives this fish its popularity. Its acrobatics, along with its color brilliance when hooked is something that all visiting anglers should see and experience, at least once. It will make long runs, tail walk and leap repeatedly throughout the fight. Although almost all of the record-sized catches of Striped marlin have taken place in or around New Zealand, Mexican waters are still considered to be one of the best areas in the world for these fish. Description: Like the other marlin species, the fins of the Striped are all blue with its first dorsal fin being the darkest in color. This marlin has the highest dorsal fin of the marlins, being higher than the greatest depth of its own body, and includes a number of iridescent blue spots. As its name indicates, the Striped marlin is endowed with at least 15 bright vertical bars, or stripes made up of brilliant blue rows of round blotches and/or spots. These stripes are clearly visible, even after death. When the fish gets excited these stripes seem almost electric or neon-like in appearance and the fish is considered then as being “lit up”. Fishing Techniques: By Boat: Fishing for Striped Marlin can be done utilizing live-bait or artificial lures and even using cut or chunk bait on the free drift. Generally speaking though, most anglers will fish for Stripers with trolling lures, switching to live-bait as opportunities arise. Caballitos and mackerel are the bait of choice. At times of the year, mainly in the months of June and July, there will bait vendors trying to sell you mullet for live-bait, as they are easier for them to get then, by snagging them in big schools. You do not want them. I have never caught a striped marlin on a mullet. If you somehow find one or 2 of them in your bait tank make sure you save them for a quick troll right along a Pacific-side beach, on your way back in, for a Roosterfish, large jack or snook. You can rig up dead skip-baits as well, like you might for a Sailfish, but it really isn’t any more effective than most lures and it isn’t practiced much here. Although I have occasionally caught one on a hard-baits, such as Marauders or Rapala-type lures, they are not generally used for Striped marlin fishing. Fly-fishermen will want a 14 or 15 weight setup with an intermediate sinking line. Use large streamers in a mackerel pattern. If you’re trolling the fly, put a big popper head in front of it to get it splashing up top. Edibility & Cleaning: The flesh of this fish is gamy-tasting and Stripers should be released * The abbreviated text on this page is taken from the upcoming book "Fishing - Mexican Style" by Jeff Klassen, is copyrighted and may not be used for purposes other than personal use without the written permission from the publisher. |
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