NYC Teen Hooks Massive Blue Marlin Off Coast of Hawaii

A New York City Teenager caught a near world record breaking marlin off the coast of Hawaii.

Kai Rizzuto, of Brooklyn,  reeled in a 1,058-pound blue marlin off the coast of Hawaii. The catch came in just 300-pounds short of the International Game Fish Association for blue marlin. the record was set back in 1982.

Rizzuto, visits his grandfather in Hawaii every year, and has been fishing since he was two-years old. Reported by CNN, the Brooklyn teen had this to say:

Before this, the biggest fish I caught was about 55 pounds.It was jumping straight out of the water, fully breached, shaking its head trying to free itself. I was really hoping and praying that nothing would happen to this fish and that it wouldn't break off the line. This fish came to the boat dead, upside down on its back, there was no chance of reviving it. By and large, we try and release every blue marlin we can as a conservation measure, but sometimes in a hard fight the fish dies and there is nothing you can do.

 

The marlin will be used as food, and should feed a couple hundred people.