Day one of the Big Island Marlin Tournament. Marlin fishing was slow but we lucked into this one late in the day. Since there has been no fish weighed she could have been worth some big $ but We looked at her for awhile boat side and damn she looked very close to the 400, we just felt she was just a tad short and despite having the girth of a much larger fish we still all agreed she would have been just a hair under the minimum weight so we made the tough but I believe right decision to put a tag in her and release & get on the points board with one tag for day 1. We are Hoping for her big sister tmrw. The Leading boat has 2 tags & there are 2 more days to go so it’s still open. Good luck everyone. ( that’s a snooter in the picture not a gaff ) congrats to Ken Geer catching his first Marlin, was a really great day getting to see @viciouscyclefishing and his dad get to enjoy kens first marlin together, what a cool moment #benchmark #kona #hawaii #bluemarlin@pelagicgear #pelagicworldwide @seamount_fishing #harness#morecushionforthepushin