In Ernest Hemingway's short novel "The Old Man and the Sea", Santiago first catches a marlin. The marlin is a large, predatory fish that is found in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular game fish and is highly sought after by fishermen.
In "The Old Man and the Sea", Santiago first catches a small tuna fish. Although it is not the prize-winning marlin he is hoping for, Santiago is determined to catch and sell what he can in order to prove himself as a skilled fisherman.
In the short novel, "The old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago first catches a giant marlin. The story follows, an again Cuban fisherman, who goes on a fishing expedition and engages in a prolonged struggle with a massive marlin in the Gulf Stream.
