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Viral video: 600-pound marlin jumps into Australian fishing boat

TORONTO – A video posted on Youtube from Cairns, Australia, is making a splash across the world.

An Australian luxury game fishing company called Little Audrey posted a spectacular video of a recent trip they took to catch a marlin. 

In the video, a crew of four is seen wrestling with the giant, 600-pound marlin for a few minutes before the fish jumps into the boat, knocking one of the men down as it fights to get free.

The video managed to capture the event from four different angles. 

 

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Here are some similar fishing incidents from Youtube captured on video. 

This video was uploaded by Nomadsportfishing on March 21, 2008. It shows a team of four trying to reel in a 1000-pound marlin with no luck. 

 

 

 

This video was uploaded by karmafishing on June 4, 2009. It was shot on the coast of Panama off the island of Montuosa and shows a good struggle with a feisty marlin.
 

 

 

This video was uploaded by kayakfishing tales on March 7, 2010. It shows a few minutes of a kayaker catching a marlin, and then being towed out to sea by the fish. The caption said this happened over a period of five hours for a total of more than 17 km. 

 

 

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In this video uploaded by toddtt1 on July 13, 2011, a fishing crew is seen wrestling with first a 100-foot swordfish. Then, to their surprise, what appears to be a shark is seen coming closer in their vision.

 

 

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