Big Tuna

Had a blast fishing offshore in the gulf the past couple of days. We limited out on good sized red snapper. Also caught Wahoo, King Mackerel, black fin tuna a good number of yellow fin and one huge yellow fin that I started the show with but that we took turns fighting. Took us 2 hours and 45 minutes to land him. 214 lbs.

Awesome

Giant! Congrats!

Hell yeah. That's a monster. I'd love to have a loin off that sucker

Damn nice fish!

Nice tuna! How did you catch him? Live bait or did he bite a artificial?

Where did you fish out of and what boat?
How far out?
We are going out of OB late July with hopes of finding hungry Tuna!
Great job and thanks for posting!

Thats a lot of tuna salad.

Take that fish to Japan, and you could retire...

WOW!

That fish would only fetch about $1500-$2000 at market. Also illegal since he doesn't have a commercial license, but I know what you're saying.

Nice fish OP!

Great fish, congrats

That is AWESOME. That is one thing that i have always wanted to do, but never had the chance.

sounds like an awesome trip!!

We were on the Emerald Spirit with Captain George Pfiefer out of Orange Beach. We were about 100 miles out. It was an overnight trip. That fish hit a live bait fished on a kite rig at about 5:15 am. I fought him first but we took turns as he was seriously kicking our ass. LOL! Finally pulled him on board at 8:00 am. Strong fish! Got him up close enough to see color 4 times and he would just roll dive and strip line all the way to the backing on the reel. Fun but tiring. First time I have needed a beer by 8am since I was in college. LOL!

that is awesome.

I caught a 68 lb yellowfin out of Venice once using essentially a big bass rod. I can't imagine one this size. Congrats on a great catch. Was it rough? Sea looks a little rough in the pic.

Got a tad choppy coming in but it was pretty calm most of the trip.

Todd that is awesome! Heck of a fish!

Nice.

Really nice fish! Most of your large yellowfin in our area average about 160lbs. (way over average)

Dang thats a nice feesh!

Heck if a fishing trip and catch! 100 miles out. How big is the boat?

EDIT: I googled......65' Bonner. NICE boat!

Congrats! Did you make some sushi out of that bad boy on the trip back?

Nice catch there.

Thanks for the report details!
We are going out the end of July on the Intimidator and tuna is the main focus!
Enjoy the sushi!

Awesome!

Freakin stud of a yellow. Congrats

Wow! Super nice fish! Emerald Spirit is a great boat, too...been snapper fishing with them before.


Bluefin tuna is the one that fetches such a premium in Japan.