I had previously caught eight of the nine world’s billfish - white marlin, atlantic sailfish, atlantic blue marlin, swordfish, striped marlin, black marlin, and pacific sailfish - leaving a shortbilled spearfish. Spearfish are not widespread like some of these other species - with best fishing in either the medditeranean sea or Kona, HI. Easy choice.
An hour into the first morning, we hook up with a blue marlin and my daughter gets on the rod for that one.
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Two hours later, the second strike, and after an uneventful fight on tackle way over matched for the fish, I had my short billed spearfish. It was interesting that the captain said I was about the fifth person he had on his boat that was looking for their final billfish of the royal slam, and I was the only one that was fortunate enough to catch one
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They are the smallest of the billfish - averaging 30 to 50 lbs. this one closer to fifty. Would have been a meal for my 800 lb black marlin
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Daughter guarding the spread
An hour into the first morning, we hook up with a blue marlin and my daughter gets on the rod for that one.
![IMG_0726.jpeg IMG_0726.jpeg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/63/63548-bec5866299905903fc2d02d9c564da12.jpg)
Two hours later, the second strike, and after an uneventful fight on tackle way over matched for the fish, I had my short billed spearfish. It was interesting that the captain said I was about the fifth person he had on his boat that was looking for their final billfish of the royal slam, and I was the only one that was fortunate enough to catch one
![IMG_6060.jpeg IMG_6060.jpeg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/63/63549-fac99f21b4013a521a5120d0470e07fe.jpg)
They are the smallest of the billfish - averaging 30 to 50 lbs. this one closer to fifty. Would have been a meal for my 800 lb black marlin
![IMG_0757.jpeg IMG_0757.jpeg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/63/63550-d844559f1d70ba160983607a066e3653.jpg)
Daughter guarding the spread