Video: The Best Way to Catch a Marlin Is With a Helicopter and a Chokehold

So there’s this new nature guy, something like a cross between the Crocodile Hunter (but real), Steve Irwin (but a New Zealander… and alive), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Rowan Gould (but instead of maintaining the delicate balance between our nation’s need for natural resources and our irreplaceable endangered species, he jumps out of helicopters and wrestles tiger-sized fish into submission).

This man, who is all things man to all men, goes by the name of Matt Watson, and he hosts a program called The Ultimate Fishing Show.  He has been on Letterman, and there’s a ridiculous video of this insane, insane man, well, jumping out of a helicopter and wrestling a tiger-sized fish into submission.  It is a bit “viral,” I understand, but if you haven’t seen it yet, you must – after the jump.  The feat took five attempts over 11 months.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, he describes a typical day on the job:

When Matt hooked a marlin from a surf board, the giant fish towed Matt for 11 kilometres [7 miles], at times reaching speeds that allowed him to stand up on the board.

The 90 minute battle ended when the intrepid angler released the fish.

N.B.: The marlin is considered to be the most difficult fish to catch… the normal way.

Source: The Daily Mail.