The recent catch of a giant blue marlin off San Pedro, Ca., is yet another striking example of the wild times being had by fishermen off Southern California during an intensifying Super El Niño.
Michael Mackenbach hooked the 595-pound blue marlin 12 miles offshore and fought the billfish for 2.5-hours aboard a 20-foot boat.
According to BD Outdoors, Mackenbach intended to release the marlin but it died during the fight…