Marlin strikes Russ's hand in Field Days' boat-side encounter

The fishing clip's title promises a stabbing, but the footage makes clear who is struck and where.

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Field Days Story of November 14, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video is running at 31,112 views a day, 7.1 times its usual pace (4,369).

STABBED BY A GIANT MARLIN

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Getting the marlin alongside the boat is not the end of this catch. Russ reaches over the gunwale to take hold of the fish, which thrashes and strikes his hand with its bill.

Field Days calls the upload "STABBED BY A GIANT MARLIN". The distinction matters: Russ shows the hand that was hit, while the narrator describes a separate near miss. "Bro, he nearly put his sword through my neck!" he says.

Posted five days ago, the clip has added roughly 31,000 views in a day, about seven times its usual daily pace. More than half its views have arrived in that stretch.

Before the boat-side encounter, there is a compact account of the work involved in bringing the fish in. The narrator straps into a fighting harness while Russ operates the boat, reversing to help regain line. A drone catches the marlin leaping near the vessel before close-ups reveal its colours at the surface.

After the strike, Russ regains his grip on the bill and holds the marlin alongside the boat. The camera stays close to the fish, returning to the sight that had stopped the narrator mid-fight: its size and colour.

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