MUST WATCH: Pint-sized angler Cameron Johnson reels in 498-kilogram black marlin off Port Douglas coast

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FLYING MARLIN: Young angler Cameron Johnson, 12, locked in battle with a giant 1100 pound black marlin on Tuesday. IMAGE: Anthony Johnson.


FOR 12-year-old Cameron Johnson, catching giant black marlin in Far North Queensland must seem easy.

Cameron’s family, from Florida, have been fishing all over the world but the youngster had yet to catch a black marlin.

That all changed on Tuesday after he hooked a 1100 pound monster on board a five day fishing charter with Port Douglas based Zulu Gamefishing and Levante Fishing Charters on Tuesday.

The keen angler was locked in a 45 minute battle on the chair with the gigantic fish, which was estimated to weigh close to a ton. The joy on Cameron’s face was palpable once he’d realised of his fishing dreams, giving high-fives to crew and holding his arms in the air in triumph.


Don’t believe it? Watch it for yourself below!


Zulu Gamefishing Charters is in its eighth week of the famous Giant Black Marlin season, which typically runs from September to December.

It’s safe to say the Johnson kids have bragging rights for life.

HAPPY ANGLER: Cameron Johnson was all smiles on Tuesday after the 12-year-old angler reeled in a massive 1100 pound black marlin (see below). IMAGES: Anthony Johnson.