# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOHJUIwkuP6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34072061-theoregonian-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f7683c2e5b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-02T20:00:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Kevin Watkins, his two sons, and a family friend set out for tuna off Garibaldi. Instead, they battled a 9-foot, 160-pound striped marlin — a fish almost never seen in Oregon waters.

Click the link in our bio to read the family’s full story — and see more photos and video of the marlin that wasn’t supposed to be there.

-Photo courtesy of Watkins family 
-Reporting by @Mark_W_Graves, The Oregonian/OregonLlive

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