By Joe Cermele

You may have heard whispers or seen a snippet over the weekend of a 600-pound black marlin jumping into the cockpit of the Little Audrey, a sportfisherman out of Cairns, Australia. Well, today I stumbled upon the longer footage taken by the crew. Apparently they had four cameras running and captured the aerial assault from multiple angles. It's some pretty wicked stuff. Two things I'd like to point out on a personal note: 1.) Though I've only gotten to experience it a few times, there is no bigger rush in fishing than when a big boat is backing down hard on a marlin and the cockpit is filling with water. You feel like you need to hold your chest so your heart doesn't blow out. 2.) Kudos to the crew on the music choice. I couldn't have picked it better myself.

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from jay wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Awesome video. Kenny Loggin's danger zone cut from the eighties is priceless.

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from huntnow wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Incredible. I hope all those guys are ok.

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from DSMbirddog wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Looks like the one crewman took a pretty hard whack to the head with that ladder that ended up going over the stern. Good video and god music to fo with it.

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from VAHunter540 wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Merlin: What are you doing? You're slowing down, you're slowing down!
Maverick: I'm bringing him in closer, Merlin.
Merlin: You're gonna do what?

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from maynardtl8 wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Cool video. I think i might fish for something that doesnt have its own home grown weapon attached to it. Yikes.

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from HelloStrega wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Wow i think the GoPro on a stick saved that one camera guys life. I would have been slashed pretty good if he hadn't, whether on purpose or accidentally, deflected that bill with the rod. I guess Springfield got it right "In rod re trust"

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from R.U. Effingme wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

We're going to need a bigger boat...

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from RockySquirrel wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Note to self: Logon to iTunes and download DANGER ZONE.

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from Gary Devine wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Awesome Black Marlin!
The guy in the green shorts is lucky the marlin's bill didn't tear his leg open. It was close enough to do some damage. The guy fell back just in the nick of time.

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from Rsm61 wrote 33 weeks 11 hours ago

Fantastic video! Good thing they got it on video, otherwise nobody would have believed that 'fish story'. They certainly got their moneys worth on that outing.

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from VAHunter540 wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Merlin: What are you doing? You're slowing down, you're slowing down!
Maverick: I'm bringing him in closer, Merlin.
Merlin: You're gonna do what?

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from jay wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Awesome video. Kenny Loggin's danger zone cut from the eighties is priceless.

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from huntnow wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Incredible. I hope all those guys are ok.

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from R.U. Effingme wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

We're going to need a bigger boat...

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from DSMbirddog wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Looks like the one crewman took a pretty hard whack to the head with that ladder that ended up going over the stern. Good video and god music to fo with it.

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from maynardtl8 wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago

Cool video. I think i might fish for something that doesnt have its own home grown weapon attached to it. Yikes.

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from HelloStrega wrote 33 weeks 4 days ago

Wow i think the GoPro on a stick saved that one camera guys life. I would have been slashed pretty good if he hadn't, whether on purpose or accidentally, deflected that bill with the rod. I guess Springfield got it right "In rod re trust"

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from RockySquirrel wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Note to self: Logon to iTunes and download DANGER ZONE.

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from Gary Devine wrote 33 weeks 3 days ago

Awesome Black Marlin!
The guy in the green shorts is lucky the marlin's bill didn't tear his leg open. It was close enough to do some damage. The guy fell back just in the nick of time.

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from Rsm61 wrote 33 weeks 11 hours ago

Fantastic video! Good thing they got it on video, otherwise nobody would have believed that 'fish story'. They certainly got their moneys worth on that outing.

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