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The crew of the Mystique poses with their huge swordfish. (Courtesy FlaKeys.com)
By Special to OutdoorChannel.com
MARATHON, Fla. – Less than 10 days after a 520-pound swordfish was caught, aneven bigger broadbill has been reeled in off the Florida Keys.
Fishing on the Mystique, a 61-foot Viking owned by Katherine MacMillan,Marathon captain Billy Rabito Jr. presided over the catch of a 683.8-poundbroadbill hooked some 30 miles to the south of Marathon Tuesday afternoon. Theapproximate length and girth on the fish was 107 and 70 inches respectively,Rabito said.
He added that the length measurement was taken between the lower jaw and thefork of the tail (normal for measuring fish) and that the overall length of thebroadbill including its bill and tail was much...