On this choppy day we headed out and caught 2 skipjacks in a school along the dropoff and with a lot of bird activity around we decided to do some live baiting. It was a good choice as after half an hour we had an aggressive strike on one of the baits and the good sized marlin took to the air. After taking about 500 meters of line the fish jumped a few more times before going deep where it died. We then had the hard work of bringing the dead fish back up to the surface. Two hours later we were tired and happy to haul the beast onboard.