A state
record blue marlin was landed recently during the South Carolina
Governor's Cup Billfishing Series tournament.
Angler W.C. "Corky" Taylor of Spartanburg caught the monster marlin,
weighing in at 881.8 pounds, on June 3 while fishing in the
Charleston Harbor Boater's World Marine Centers Billfish Tournament,
the fourth of five tournaments in the South Carolina Governor's Cup
series.
Taylor hooked the fish while trolling with a Black Bart
artificial lure on 100-pound test line about one mile south of the
Georgetown Hole, a popular offshore fishing location between |