Best bait and lures for blue marlin

Preferred bait

Rigged ballyhoo & large live baits

Preferred lures

Large skirted trolling lures

Techniques

This may be the ultimate of the big game fish - the one hemingway so often wrote about. Serious anglers rig heavy and expect to fight a marlin for 4-6 hours.

Sources

• Myfwc.com (2 pages)
  • Myfwc.com source 1
  • Myfwc.com source 2
• Catchafloridamemory.com
  • Catchafloridamemory.com source 1
• Floridasportsman.com (2 pages)
  • Floridasportsman.com source 1
  • Floridasportsman.com source 2

Fish guide

• How to catch
• Bait and lures
• Season
• Where to fish