<br /> <p>A fishing crew wrestled in a massive blue marlin weighing 466 kg (1,027 pounds) on February 25, the second-largest</a> blue marlin ever caught off New Zealand.</p><p>Angler Wade Wilson spent about two hours reeling in the fish while aboard a boat called the Hot Lips. Wilson and his team, a skipper and one other crew member part of the Muriwai Sports Fishing Club, were out at sea competing in New Zealand’s national fishing competition known as the Nationals.</p><br /><p>While Wilson pulled in the money shot, the final pull came in 40 minutes after final submissions for the weight station, said Jed Radaly, a fellow fisherman with Muriwai Sports Fishing Club, who recorded this video. But we’ve a feeling Wilson won’t let the tardy weigh-in damper his spirits.</p><br /><p>According to Marlin Magazine, the biggest-ever blue marlin catch</a> occurred in 1982 off Kaaiwai Point in Hawaii, when anglers reeled in a Pacific blue weighing 625 kilos (1376 pounds). Credit: Jed Radaly via Storyful</p><br />
