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Big Fish, Little Skiff: An Outdoor Happening

A Stuart angler and his dad battled a Florida marlin aboard their 14-foot boat.

December 05, 2025 By Kenny Holliday Jr.

During the summer months, when the ocean calms down, we like to take our 14-foot Wahoo skiff offshore to fish. The weather report was good for the morning of August 18 ahead of Hurricane Erin, so my oldest son, Joel, and I decided to go out to catch blackfin tuna out at Push Button Hill, about 10 miles east of St. Lucie Inlet in Stuart.

We trolled back and forth across the ledges for an hour, but with no luck. I told Joel to reel in the lines to make a move, but noticed a current rip and some weeds ahead, so I told him to wait. As he was letting the long line back out, the outrigger clip violently snapped, and 40-pound braid started peeling off the reel.

Joel immediately took...

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