10 ft marlin caught off Ponce Inlet

PONCE INLET, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - This is a story about the one that didn't get away. Carl Meyer, on Friday, was on a fishing excursion in the Atlantic Ocean about 55 miles from Ponce Inlet, when he hooked a 536 pound, 10-foot blue marlin. The fish had a girth of nearly six feet and took about forty minutes to land, according to Meyer.

The strikingly beautiful blue marlin is the largest of the Atlantic marlins and one of the biggest fish in the world. Females, which are significantly larger than males, can reach 14 feet (4.3 meters) in length and weigh more than 1,985 pounds (900 kilograms). Average sizes tend to be in the range of 11 feet (3.4 meters) and 200 to 400 pounds (91 to 181 kilograms).

Native to the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, blue marlins are among the most recognizable of all fish. They are cobalt-blue on top and silvery-white below, with a pronounced dorsal fin and a long, lethal spear-shaped upper jaw. The prefer water temperatures ranging frmo 68 to 88 degrees.