Pat Gay, who was inducted into the Cairns Professional Game Fishing Association’s Hall of Fame in 2016, set the first ever 30lb line class black marlin record with his 816lb black marlin on September 19, 1971.
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Pat Gay, with a ‘lost fish’. Historical footage from the Cairns giant black marlin season. Cairns Game Fishing Hall of Fame 2016.
1973 was considered the best year year! There were two black marlin over 1400lbs weighed including the new Australian Record of 1442lbs caught by Mick Magrath from Cairns on Restless II. Garrick Agnew (Perth) also weighed a fish at 1417lbs just a few weeks earlier in October.
Pat Gay, with a ‘lost fish’. Historical footage from the Cairns giant black marlin season. Cairns Game Fishing Hall of Fame 2016.