Australian crew rescued after 70kg black marlin punched a hole in fishing boat engine
by Australian Associated Press from on (#69195)
We were fighting it and it did a U-turn and slammed into the engine,' said the skipper of the damaged vessel after being towed to safety
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A fishing boat and its crew had to be rescued after it lost a battle with a feisty black marlin more than 30km off the New South Wales south coast.
The 6.7m boat hooked the 70kg marlin at around 1pm on Sunday.
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