@jdljll Matt, the presenter of the show, has caught in excess of 1100 marlin during his 35 years on the planet. 9 of those have been killed and eaten, and perhaps a handful have met the same fate as this huge Black. Hundreds more have been tagged and released (sometimes at great cost, satellite tags are a few grand a pop) for scientific research purposes to help learn more about these incredible creatures to ensure the survival of species.

I respect your opinion there Todd, well put. As a bit of background, this clip was actually filmed a number of years back. Since then, I understand that the Lizard Island tournament has moved from capture based to a tag and release format. They've even gone as far as to remove the gantry so there's no incentive to bring in a fish to weigh. These changes were brought about not by new legislation or PETA, but by the gamefishing enthusiasts themselves, mainly due to increasing shark predation.

Sharks: "Table for two, please."

Holy cow that marlin's head is huge! I thought it was a smaller fish. Absolutely remarkable creature.

There were two tiger sharks, they were identified approaching the boat on the sonar near the end of the fight. It's happened a few times before to other boats in this location, but never on a Marlin so large. This Marlin was going to be kept by the crew as it was caught during a prestigious big game tournament and would have won a great deal of prizemoney, talking 6 figures. And for the record, Marlin do not take 'ages' to get to breeding size, they are fully mature after 5/6 years.

I'm confused... "Giant Black Marlin" - No Lie there? "Attacked" - Well, they certainly didn't give it a massage did they... "By Monster Sharks" - Analysis of the bite radius of the sharks responsible show that they were a couple of very large Tiger sharks. Tigers have unique teeth which are directed to allow them to thrash & tear chunks of flesh instead of slicing cleanly through. I've heard them compared to 'Can Openers' in the way they can rip things apart. So, where's the lie?

There were two tiger sharks, they were identified approaching the boat on the sonar near the end of the fight. It's happened a few times before to other boats in this location, but never on a Marlin so large.

Modern version of "The old man and the sea".... Congrats for the big marlin and thxs for sharing this awesome video👏👏🇪🇦

Interesting story. We know that a fish in distress is prime target for other predators. I recall an article where a fisherman was reeling in a decent size pike and in all the chaos a massive pike (something of world record proportions) attacked the fisherman’s would be catch. He was able to “net” the monster pike which is why even though it was a record it did not count as he explained how he caught it via a net after it attacked his catch in proximity the boat.

Im here in 2021. With 240res 🤘🤘

How convenient to fade to black right when the mystery monster attacks the Marlin. Another brilliant video from austrailia...........

holly crap Matt your video got over 7 million views. nice job

I reckon that this is probably the only way a large healthy marlin ever gets devoured by a shark--because our own fuckin' hand!

@FOscum Okay mate. I'm just going to stop trying to help you see the light, I'm banging my head against a brick wall. If you're against all forms of fishing, I assume that you don't eat any fish whatsoever? I'm also picking you live somewhere inland, miles from the closest ocean, because if you did live near the sea you'd have an appreciation of it as both a treasure & a resource, not some romantic notion of it as a playground for mermaids and clownfish developed from watching too much Disney.

Marlin-the most beautiful fish and what a fighter!Respect to all the marlins!

@conliffe0 Thanks 'conliffe0'. I think what you're describing is called Spearfishing, and personally, I think that getting out there and spearing a Marlin is a great idea for an episode. Thanks for the suggestion, keep the ideas rolling in mate!

Reminds me of "You're going to need a bigger boat"

@FOscum Mate, get your facts straight. Recreational Fisherman do more for protecting the oceans than any other group; e in New Zealand's they've set up voluntary no take areas, limited takes to 1 fish per boat when quota numbers allow 3, assisted in scientific research through tag and release, & established marine reserves. A healthy ocean ecosystem is in their best interest, as without the fish, they've lost their favorite past time.

"There's always a bigger fish." Qui-Gon Jinn

Thanks for the input Paul. Will pump out 26 episodes on Kingfish next season just for you...

The very same thing happened in Ernest Hemingway's 'The Old Man And The Sea'.

Nature has monsters. You should see a hen house after a fox gets in. 30 dead chickens and only one missing. You ask one of those chickens what a monster looks like. Weasel will do the same.

I worked on a trophy finishing boat when I was in my 20s. I remember how tired I was when the trips were over. I’ve never experienced a fight equal to a black marlin.

fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads 😂

At 2:45, it clearly shows the 2 ft wide marlin had two bites that chopped it off. It must be a 16-17 ft great white with 19 pairs of serrated scissor under 2,000 lb bite force that did it in one second. It would be more fun to accidentally hook a 18 ft 4,500 lb Calif great white, fight it for 3 hours then release.

sharks arnt stupid im quite sure some of them have learned that the marlins are caught and cant get away

Great video will show my kids one day

Mantap bro...👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻🇮🇩

No fucking shark in this video. The sharks were the fishermen.

That's so impressive! It's a gigantic, beautiful creature. Look when it's in the water, when it's leaping around, and something was able to fit all of that in one great chomp?! Damn I wanna see what did that!

The hottest Black Marlin spot lies a few miles off the coast of Cabo Blanco, Peru, where the cold Humboldt current clashes against the South Equatorial Current. This is the legendary Marlin Boulevard. This is THE place, as Nature intended.

HOLY SHIT!! Imagine how big the shark must have been! Almost certainly a great white.

@jason2012ification Do the global gene pool a favour and please don't have any kids.

Sharks aren't monsters. People are!

90% of the worlds large fish are now gone from the ocean. You don't put anything back in the ocean to replace what you take, keep it up lads.

It's more than a 50% chance, it's the current consensus within scientific circles. This came from the most recent study: Fish have already been found to have “nociceptors” - sensory receptors that in humans respond to potentially damaging stimuli by sending signals to the brain, allowing them to feel pain.However, the research concluded that the mere presence of the receptors did not mean the animals felt pain, but only triggered a unconscious reaction to the threat.

Why is nobody seeing the positive side that the shark got an easy meal?

There is a moment in life, that the seak of egoistic emotions through fishing and hunting, must surrender to the respect of life, in terms of avoiding unnecessary tortures and kills, and transform those pulsions, progressivly into love and protection for all those beautiful lovely friends: animal life !

Catching fish (or any other animal) for entertainment is a very sick concept.

I agree COMPLETELY.

it's fun to see people pretend smart by gave negative comments to this usual fishing activity with strange phenomena. Btw, nice video dude. whatever creature that eat giant marlin must be more than 4 meter long because even 4 meter white shark have a little possibility to attack other fish that have the same size or 1 meter shorter

I think, ... there was no shark, ... he was pushing to hard.

A 3 and a half minutes video maked it with no material et all... Thank u, guys!

@Vigis The fight took about an hour all up, best of luck out there mate!

Maybe a Giant Adult Great White...

Shame such a magnificent creature has to meet such a horrific death. Can understand the thrill these fishermen get out of the hunt , but personally I feel it should be left to be free to grace the oceans with its beauty. Not to be shark bait.

very well said

strange sensation,to be pulled,straight out of your world!

What kind of fishing sport is that? An electric motor on the fishing reel. What? I'm on the marlin's side.

Never saw the monster.

What a majestic fish. See it leap.

That is one, massive fish.

If its a sport and they can "afford" the sport then they should be able to afford the shark repellant and as soon as the marlin is near the boat they should be releasing the repellant. Seems weird that this wouldnt be normal practice if they get chomped on so often!

Does nobody else see the shark? between 0:34-0:36 look between the marlin swimming along the boat and the fishermen. You can see a shark come up to the marlin and turns away. Big ass shark!

Well said!

Well said

I saw a marlin head...I didn't see a monster shark attack! What's that all about?

Only Jaws could do that

fine fishing video..

nice catch.....no meat ....but ya still get a mount of the bill...thumbs up 1FM Lake George, NY

For all the people expressing their disapproval for the attempted capture of this fish, USUALLY when fishing for big marlin, the fish is hooked on extremely heavy tackle then the boat backs up towards the fish and the deckie takes a shot with a tag for scientific and then the fish is released, keeping the fight time to a minimum. This gives little risk of shark attack. Very few marlin are taken/killed these days because respect for the fish but a few are kept, but some are. This one was hooked in a tournament. It was going to be killed, weighed then eaten. To kill a fish of this size it must be fought to almost complete exhaustion and then a gaff shot must be taken. In this long fight sharks are able to use their 7 senses ( all of what we have + detection of electronic pulses, like a heartbeat + detection of water movement ) to hone in on the distressing fish, which is what happened here. Planning to take and kill a fish has its risks, people understand that. That is another reason so few marlin are killed these days. This boat has caught tagged and released thousands of fish for research, lead expeditions to tag marlin while freediving to prevent the fishes behaviour changing as a result of stress so we can see their natural way of life. All the effort these people and this boat have put into trying to research the mighty creatures of our ocean, they understand the risks, they respect this fish,I think they should be allowed to take just one.

This is sick. Leave the Marlin alone

Hard luck, buddy. At least you got the video.

The fact hes half and it seems like a clean bite n rip ...what you recon was the sizw of the shark

Unfortunate the Marlin wasn't tagged and released, but the video was very educational for those with a fascination for marine life. Even more educational is the number of digital new age hippies/nature experts with comments below that are so concerned! If nature is so important to you why are you on the electricity consuming computer all day?

Use seal cubs as bait it works wonders, I cought five dolphins today that way. Man were they tasty...

real fishing video....

Spends Days Catching Marlin. Shark steals it within the hour. Trololol

it's a shame u couldn't have thought to appreciate the marlin's beauty & then released it

Here's an idea, why not just leave the bloody things alone!

Joe. Mammals and fish are very different creatures. One feels pain, the other doesn't.

@rinavanity It takes a bit of time to catch up with approving everyone's comments (especially when we're out filming a great deal and haven't got the time). The only comments that don't make it onto the board are spam marketing requests and blatant hate speech, we value everyone's opinions here at the Fishing Show, positive and negative.

lot of negative comments most marlin are released and the fisherman gets his fun you have all eaten fish at one point so think about it

Lame. Title should be "Nothing but filler then deckhand finally pulls up black marlin's head". Theres not a single shark in this video. Booooo. I take back my view.

he tried sooo hard for that giant fish, then all of a sudden a shark goes.. "HEY!! i'm hungry!!!" NOM!

You never see the shark in the video but if you look. Closely I think you can see it at 1.22 minutes in it underwater swimming towards the swordfish underwater you can see a dark shadow almost looks like it's coming in towards him. Did anyone catch that?

Of course it got eaten by another predator, it was stuck on a fishing line unable to escape.

Allah will show no mercy for thoos how show no mercy to animals. Hunting is alloud only if you are hungry and is nessesery !!!

Marlin is lying there thinking "what the fuck just happened??"

Wow.....I am speechless

Sick selfish humans killing a beautiful animal.

That was pathetic! And shame on you for allowing that huge fish to go to waste. Were there any justice you'd be the one in the water with the sharks.

Look, I understand and respect your point of view - but you need to realise that without recreational fishermen fighting government and commercial interests, the worlds fish stocks would be far worse off than they are right now. Game fisherman have successfully lobbied to protect striped marlin from being caught commercially in New Zealand, as a result, our big game fishery is in good health. And I don't know why you're throwing mammals into the equation, Marlin are fish.

I love how commenters think this was ONE big shark......lol

I'm a keen fisherman but this is fucked.

marlin got eaten by a shark that found a marlin hooked on by stupid humans ... MONSTER HUMANS ...

@eriksfisketips Which country are you living in?

@leighsa49 Uneducated? I have a BSc in Zoology, our Underwater cameraman has a Masters in Marine Biology, and Matt, the presenter of the show, is a leading expert on marlin behavior. I'll admit that there has been some recent research pointing to the fact that some fish species possess rudimentary nociceptors but these are far less developed than the pain receptors in you or I. Marlin jump to shake the hook in the same way they jump to shake off parasites, that's why you see them free jumping

dumb footage, attack not shown at all

Thanks for killing a breeder fish how many trips to pay off the boat I hope my grand kids have fish to catch and before you go off I’m a fishermen to but I know that charters don’t want to lose a $50-150 rig I’ve lost some and cut some off but it’s not a cheep sport so if y’all see sharks just cut the line and move on no big deal

I'm an experienced fisherman myself with nearly forty years of experience and from my observation of the video, the culprit IS a GREAT WHITE SHARK possibly an 18-20footer. It aimed at the head and cut the marlin off with one bite. The portion not eaten in the initial attack must have been eaten by smaller sharks possibly great whites or tiger sharks

Increase the main leader to the fish, as so the fish can be tagged earlier, creating less stress on both angler & fish...

34-35 secs im not sure but between the marlin and the boat u can see a shadow of a massive great white shark =O

The shark be all like: "Oooh, piece a candy!" *Chomp*

I like the shows you do, yes some if them may be crazy but what can I say. I'm 14 years old and have a new 6 meter boat with a 40 horse Evinrude. Well done Matt.

that is amazing

We need a waaaaambulace for you all! Some people make a living off the sport fishing industry and 99% of the Black Marlin are released, most large stuffed fish are created from pictures.

So 14 years ago,a "monster" shark attack a giant black marlin?

whatever took that was immense! i just have to ask how many Marlin there are to fish for them? Why fish for them anyway? thank you and just asking.

Too bad that happened. An amazingly huge fish. Crikey mate. It's a beauty.