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75th anniversary: Alfred C. Glassell Jr. caught a black marlin weighing 1,560 lb (710 kg)...

History · Anniversaries · Fri, August 4, 2028

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1953: Alfred C. Glassell Jr. caught a black marlin weighing 1,560 lb (710 kg) (pictured) off the coast of Peru, setting the record for the largest bony fish caught by hand.

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