Ted Williams Vs. Black Marlin (1954)

May 1, 2009 Fishing, Video

This is fascinating footage of an offshore fishing trip featuring baseball great Ted Williams in Cabo Blanco, Peru way back in December 1954.  Featured on Inside Sportfishings’  Black Marlin Boulevard DVD and promoted by Fishbuzz TV, the hokey Disney-let’s-go-to-the-drive-in music is quite the contrast to today’s fishing shows. Williams’s black marlin weighed in at 1,235 [...]

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