The swordfish is one of the most iconic fish in the world. Folks who have never gone fishing in their lives can almost always identify a swordfish, though I often get asked (by people who don’t fish) if the blue marlin tattooed on my back is a swordfish. And as one of the species on the Mt. Rushmore of Game Fish, swordfish fishing records are pretty special.

Capt. Dillon Houston of San Diego-based Brothers Sport Fishing can now lay claim to a swordfish record after breaking a 20-year-old California state fishing record. The previous Cali record for swordfish was a 452-pound, 8oz swordfish caught by David Denholm off Catalina Island back in September 2003.

Read it all: https://brobible.com/sports/article/520-pound-swordfish-california-new-fishing-record