Lahaina’s Desperado Lands 521-pound Blue Marlin

From left, Anthony Trimino, Capt. Dan Shaffer and deckman John Jordan with their 521.6-pound blue marlin caught aboard Desperado. [Photo Credit: Donnell Tate; http://www.lahainanews.com/page/content.detail/id/509675/Desperado-joins-500-pound-blue-marlin-club.html?nav=21]

Congratulations to Anthony Trimino who was fishing with Captain Dan Shaffer and deckman John Jordan aboard the Desperado, when he landed a sweet 521.6-pound blue marlin (Makaira mazara). The Desperado, a 31′ Bertram that runs out of Lahaina, Hawaii, was fishing about five miles off of Launiupoko Park when the fish initially hit a jet head lure, but ended up taking a different lure on a second second strike.

This is the fifth largest marlin taken this season by the Lahaina fishing fleet.