The History of Sportfishing

🎣 The History of Sportfishing 📽️ 12-chapter documentary series 🌍 Exploring sportfishing’s past ⬇️ Stream Online Now!

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Further and further out into the open ocean… in search of giants. And they found them. 🌊

Chapter 3 of The History of Sportfishing.

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Two inscriptions, one print. 🎣

Top: "August 25, 1903. Harry Willey caught the 1st marlin swordfish."
Bottom: "Aug 28th 1903… Caught by Edward Llewelling of Chicago." 125 lbs, 1 hr 28 min.

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Half eaten by sharks, and still around 500 pounds.

Ernest Hemingway (right) with Henry Strater and the remains of a blue marlin they caught off Bimini in 1935, the backstory of The Old Man and the Sea.

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August 22, 1913, Santa Catalina Island. 🎣

W.C. Boschen's swordfish weighed 355 pounds, and the fight took 92 minutes. The original print calls it "the world's record and first real swordfish caught on rod and reel."

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May 16, 1930: Zane Grey landed a 1,040-lb marlin off Tahiti, even after sharks took their share. The first fish over 1,000 lb ever caught on rod and reel. 🐟

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June 7, 1939: Michael Lerner & a handful of people met at the American Museum of Natural History and founded the @IGFA — angling's record book was born.

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A scene straight out of the Golden Age of Sportfishing—when the battle was as much about grit as it was about gear. In an era before high-tech electronics and precision tackle, landing a giant like this demanded raw strength, skill, and an unbreakable bond with the ocean.

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Now this is what you call a ‘historic catch’! Taken in the early 1900s, this photo showcases a fearless lady angler standing proudly beside a massive 416-pound black sea bass. Not only does it highlight the early days of big-game fishing off Catalina Island.

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Can you name the fish in this picture taken at Avalon, Catalina Island? Leave a comment!

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This incredible shot tells the story of a broadbill swordfish that wasn’t going down without a fight—driving its bill clean through the wooden hull of a boat like a hot knife through butter.

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Turn of the 20th Century!

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Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited.

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1970's Bass Rock Stars! ✨

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Entangled Whales 🐋

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Ocean Clean Up 🌊

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Artificial Reefs

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Underwater Eyes.

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Money on the line.

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Blowing up Dams 💥

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