Man catches 1260-pound Atlantic blue marlin believed to break East Coast record

Damon Sacco and his client Walter Chapman landed a 1,260-pound Atlantic blue marlin off Massachusetts, believed to be the largest ever caught on the U.S. East Coast. Brought ashore in Falmouth, the billfish measured more than 11 feet (335 cm) and was 142 pounds (64.4 kg) short of the International Game Fish Association’s world record set from Brazil in 1992. The catch occurred Wednesday while fishing Atlantis Canyon, about 100 miles (160 km) off Cape Cod. The fight lasted about three hours using rod and reel. A UMaine lab will analyze the fish’s head to estimate age, with speculation it could be 25 to 30 years old.