Joe Lenc and his boys–Jake,Chad and Colin–collectively fought this 9-foot, 250-pound marlin. The clan from Willowbrook landed it after half an hour in Mexico.
“Of course, the boys insisted on a wall mount,” brother/uncle Jim Lenc emailed. “Spring break vacation got a little bit more expensive!’’
FOTW, the celebration of big fish and good stories around Chicago fishing, appears Wednesdays on the Sun-Times outdoors page.
Send nominations to straycasts@sbcglobal.net or via Facebook (Dale Bowman) or Twitter (@BowmanOutside).