Molly Palmer, standing at 5ft 9in, fought a 12-foot, half-ton marlin in the Pacific Ocean for more than four hours. The record fish was caught on a reel during The Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament in Hawaii in August, 2012. Palmer's fish weighed in at 1,022.5 pounds, well over the record of 950 pounds almost landed the world record marlin but for a technicality will not get credit for. She does, however, get the gold medal for honesty. Molly and her husband are also surfers who spend tons of time on the water even when they are not fishing.
