Aug.
23rd
Woman lands 1,000-pound marlin, loses Hawaii fishing tournament
From Oskar Garcia of the Associated Press:
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii tournament angler fought a 12-foot, half-ton marlin in the Pacific Ocean for more than four hours before she and her teammates got the monster fish out of the water — but she missed out on the glory and thousands of dollars in prize money.
Molly Palmer, 28, would have needed to reel in the fish by herself in order for it to qualify as a valid catch for the tournament, according to rules set by the International Game Fishing Association.
But her team helped her pull the massive