Nags Head, North Carolina: Giant Blue Marlin

Say hello to the biggest blue marlin ever caught by a fisherman. This baby was reeled in 37 miles off the coast of Nags Head way back in 1974. If you blow up the photo by clicking on it, you'll find out that the fish weighed more than 1,100 pounds, and it took nearly three hours to get him to "captivity."

It was a difficult to find the critter. Those going down Route 12 out of downtown Nags Head will notice a marina right on the Oregon Inlet; there's a bridge (under construction as of this writing) just past the marina. The exhibit in question is down the sidewalk a bit from a general store of sorts. It doesn't look like the exhibit has received a good cleaning in a while, and it's tough to take a photo through the glass. But ... we found it, so you can see it.

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