Video: Giant marlin fish comes crashing onto boat deck
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A group of seven friends were lucky to escape unharmed when an enormous 600lb black marlin jumped on board their boat during a fishing trip in Cairns, Australia.
The mates were on a six-day catch-and-release fishing trip off Cooktown when the marlin came jumping out of the sea straight onto their deck.
Little Audrey skipper Daniel Carlson said the crew was lucky to walk away unharmed when the marlin's spear-like snout came straight at them.
According to the Cairns Post, he said: "We were out there heavy tackle fishing up the Reef when this 600-pound marlin latched on and was fighting for about five minutes and started backing down.
"But then it's done the big U-bolt, spun around and jumped into the boat and just missed a few people.
"It was thrashing about for a few seconds but jumped back out and swam away."
Mr Carlson runs a charter company from Sydney and visits Cooktown each year for marlin season, which runs from September to December.
He added: "We were just lucky we got away. We were all pretty scared and glad that no one got injured and the fish wasn't injured."
See the footage below:
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