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just trying to work out if they are thin fins hanging from the underside of the fish (near the gills) or is it the photo angle and its actually the other pec fin?
the name black marlin is far from a good description for the live fish!! when they come up (especially in sizes from 5 to 50kg) they are irridescent blue with glowing blue green stripes on top and silver/white on the belly.
hard to tell with the angle of that photo.
Definately not a Stripe. Stripeys have convex shaped pec fins which is the best way to tell. There are other things about shape of head and shape of bill and height of dorsal but pec fins are the best for all I.D.s. In Blacks they are pretty rigid and the bigger they are the lest they will fold back against the body. Blues and Stripes they fold easily. Blue pec fins sweep back like the fish in the photo and Stripes have a convex shape on both sides.
For my 5 cents worth i'd call it a black, probably around 30kg. Apart from the looks, i'd say its VERY unlikely to find a stripey that close in to noosa. The closest we've found one is in the moreton trench, and many people were surprised at that.
There were a few Stripeys in that hot August bite at the 21mile 2 years ago and there was a bite on the 100m line between Hutchies and the Cape during one tournament which was Stripeys. Down the Gold Coast, from the 36 fathom line out was recognised Stripey territory. Spot X gets them regularly and it is 82 odd metres. Where did Granville switch that Blue in the All Ports on 15kg at the start of the year?
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