When it comes to the world’s top billfish destinations, the Oregon Coast doesn’t even warrant a mention. Species like sailfish and marlin, associated with warmer waters and tropical locales, are so rarely caught in this part of the Pacific Ocean that the state doesn’t maintain any records or fisheries data for them. So, when a group of anglers fishing out of Garibaldi called in on their radio Saturday to let the other boats know they had a giant striped marlin on board, another captain called bullshit. While still extremely rare in that area, one of the anglers from the group, Parker Watkins, explains that catching billfish in the Pacific Northwest isn’t totally unheard of. The phenomenon seems to happen every year around this time, as warm ocean currents push northward in the Pacific, bringing massive schools of tuna and other migratory fish with them. Parker says there have been a few marlin caught in recent weeks further south along the Oregon coast, but that a marlin hasn’t been w...