The Crane Porky is a serious piece of offshore artillery built for blue marlin. Weighing a massive 13.55 ounces and measuring just shy of 5 inches overall, with a 3.5-inch polished head, this lure has the presence and action to stand out in a tournament spread. It’s especially deadly when pulled from the short corner behind the dredges, right up in the white water, where it can work as both a teaser and a stud lure designed to bring blue marlin into the spread. The Porky Marlin is right at home in the deep water of the Puerto Rican Trench, where experienced crews are looking for that one presentation that can turn a marlin encounter into a tournament-winning bite.
Capt. Frank of Simply Caught prefers to fish the Porky Marlin with a hook, rigged on 600-pound extra-hard nylon leader and a 12/0 Super Kona-cut hook. This isn’t necessarily the lure you’ll get a bite on every trip—you might go ten trips without a marlin touching it—but when one finally commits, you’ll understand exactly why it earns a permanent place in the spread. Its size, profile, polished head and unique presentation make it a lure that few other teams are likely to be fishing in the local blue marlin tournaments throughout the Caribbean island chain. If you’re trolling the deep waters of the Puerto Rican Trench and want something different from what everyone else is pulling, the Crane Porky Marlin is a lure worth having in the arsenal.
If you want, I can also make this more aggressive and promotional, like a premium tackle-shop product description or tournament-fishing magazine article.
Recommendations::
Hook size: 12/0
Leader: 600 nylon
BOM: 702
The Crane Porky is a serious piece of offshore artillery built for blue marlin. Weighing a massive 13.55 ounces and measuring just shy of 5 inches overall, with a 3.5-inch polished head, this lure has the presence and action to stand out in a tournament spread. It’s especially deadly when pulled from the short corner behind the dredges, right up in the white water, where it can work as both a teaser and a stud lure designed to bring blue marlin into the spread. The Porky Marlin is right at home in the deep water of the Puerto Rican Trench, where experienced crews are looking for that one presentation that can turn a marlin encounter into a tournament-winning bite.
Capt. Frank of Simply Caught prefers to fish the Porky Marlin with a hook, rigged on 600-pound extra-hard nylon leader and a 12/0 Super Kona-cut hook. This isn’t necessarily the lure you’ll get a bite on every trip—you might go ten trips without a marlin touching it—but when one finally commits, you’ll understand exactly why it earns a permanent place in the spread. Its size, profile, polished head and unique presentation make it a lure that few other teams are likely to be fishing in the local blue marlin tournaments throughout the Caribbean island chain. If you’re trolling the deep waters of the Puerto Rican Trench and want something different from what everyone else is pulling, the Crane Porky Marlin is a lure worth having in the arsenal.
If you want, I can also make this more aggressive and promotional, like a premium tackle-shop product description or tournament-fishing magazine article.
Recommendations::
Hook size: 12/0
Leader: 600 nylon
BOM: 702
