Two fishermen named 'Inshot' and Edwin from the fishing village of Banot in Gasan caused quite a stir when they anchored their outrigger dragging this huge silvery-white fish, Malasugui, caught near the Tres Reyes Islands off Gasan. This Blue Marlin is said to have weighed a hundred kilos and measured about nine feet long. The long spear-shaped upper jaw of this big fish was cut off to be preserved by the catchers as anting-anting, charm against asuangs.
Sold at one hundred fifty pesos per kilo the families of the two fishermen met the holiday season with faces beaming, gratified for their Christmas wishes granted.
Photos by Joseph Emil Biggel.
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