05-05-2009, 05:47 AM
Tag and release has become more popular every year on marlin. One should ask before chartering a vessel if the fish goes to the boat and crew before engaging their service. The reason that the fish go to the crew is to try and off set the cost of a charter. Sport fishing here in Hawaii is the most inexpensive charter fishing in the free world. It will cost you more to charter a boat of the same quality in Mexico than it dose here in Hawaii. I know because I have run charter boats in both places. Most any captain will agree to let you have your catch if you make that a condition before chartering. But what will the average angler do with a five hundred pound pacific blue marlin after they have taken their picture with it? Hawaii law dose not permit the layman to sell their fish unless they have a state permit [wholesale licence]
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