Grand Isle fishing guide Keith “Herk” Bergeron and an unidentified young beachcomber inspect the fresh carcass of a blue marlin estimated at around 150 pounds.
Bergeron found the deep-water fish as he was walking his dogs. “There were no signs of trauma to the skin like it was tail wrapped by a fishing line and no signs of (it) being bitten by a shark and no hooks in the mouth,” Bergeron said.
“I truly believe this fish beached itself because the color was still a bright blue and the fins were still in a moveable stage, they were not stiff like it was dead for hours.”
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries took the carcass for tests.
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