Flying marlin leaves two NSW brothers seriously injured after jumping into their boat
A pleasant day's fishing became a nightmare for the brothers when the sword-nosed marine predator jumped into their small boat. Photo: YouTube
A large marlin weighing up to 100 kilograms has jumped into a small boat off the NSW coast seriously injuring two brothers, with one of them suffering a fracture when his arm was sliced open.
The marlin breached and landed in the brothers’ boat off Wooli, north of Coffs Harbour, at midday on Thursday.
“The marlin’s sharp snout sliced open the younger brother’s lower right arm, causing an open fracture,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“The older brother suffered a deep cut to his right shoulder.”
The brothers – aged 46 and 48 – were in a five-metre rigid hull inflatable boat with a third man, aged 46, who wasn’t injured.
The marlin managed to escape off the boat back into the water.
The brothers were taken to Coffs Harbour Base Hospital where they remain in a stable condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.
-AAP
