Went offshore fishing on Monday with my dad and brother out of Virginia Beach. We were hoping to catch some yellowfin tuna and dolphin. We drove out about 70 miles offshore to the Norfolk Canyon. Caught a few dolphin in the morning and were starting to troll our way back towards home when a really nice white marlin swam into our spread and hit the flatline. After we hooked up on him he went crazy, jumping out of the water about 5 times trying to spit the bait. He ran so hard he almost spooled our reel and I jumped up to the wheel and drove the boat towards the fish to gain some line back. My brother fought him for 40 minutes and we landed it. It was our first marlin. We actually thought it was a small blue marlin and later confirmed it was a citation white. A beautiful day on the water and a memory we’ll never forget.

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