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OT - Caught a tuna

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    @Sea2Ski, we caught him trolling. Good luck tomorrow. Hope you get at least as lucky as we did. 

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Foghorn said:
    Thank you @SGH. Now I am complete. We probably would have had to eat the whole fish to get the double seal of approval. 
    You are welcome my friend. Eating large will certainly earn the double seal every time. 

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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,553
    Great fish-

    @maskedMarvel coming in Tuesday- save me a tuna
    Greensboro, NC
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  • SaltySam
    SaltySam Posts: 887
    Wow!!  I caught a yellowfin in Japan that I swore was 50lbs when I felt it hit.  It came in at just over 10lbs.  At 150lbs, I can't even imagine the fight in that monster.  What a blast!  You and your son will remember that forever!

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I'm gearing up for tuna fishing....slowly.  There's some world-class tuna fishing off the Mississippi delta.  I bought a Lowrance 7" HDI chartplotter/sonar.  Have a new radio, new compass.  Old Lowrance works fine but no GPS.  I've already been lost half a dozen times so I need to get this gear installed. 
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  • UrbanEgg
    UrbanEgg Posts: 36
    Wow, amazing! Can't beat fresh tuna!
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    @4Runner, thanks. Where are you going in Alaska. We went out of Homer once and got a bunch of halibut and salmon. The halibut are virtually guaranteed there. The only question is the size. 

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    @nolaegghead,
    ? tuna camp?

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    BIll-W221 said:
    I live in Hanson, it's about 30 minutes from the Cape,  but I fish out of Chatham too, beautiful area. 
    @Bill-W221, do you have your own boat - or do you have a regular captain you use? And when are you coming. It's still pretty early for tuna this year. Apparently they ran into November last year. 

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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    Foghorn said:
    @4Runner, thanks. Where are you going in Alaska. We went out of Homer once and got a bunch of halibut and salmon. The halibut are virtually guaranteed there. The only question is the size. 
    @foghorn - Salmon Falls Lodge in Ketchikan. Looks like just about everything is peaking in July so we should be sending a lot of fish home.  
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    @4Runner, that sounds like a great trip. Good luck - and share some pics with us. 

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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,608
    Wolfpack said:
    Great fish-

    @maskedMarvel coming in Tuesday- save me a tuna
    Excellent. Ask for me on the reservation and they'll have you in my section. Looking forward to it!
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  • RollTideRob
    RollTideRob Posts: 139
    Nice catch!!! Congrats
    Large, Medium

    Heflin, AL
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  • AUCE
    AUCE Posts: 890
    edited July 2015
    Nothing like one straight off the.hook for sushi either.
    Suggestion for those who catch one. Prepping is essential to quality.
    Once.landed immediately  do the following..
    Cut its throat at the V where gill plates end belly side about 2" deep. Youll know as blood flows. cut Cresent behind pectoral fins about inch or 2 as well and ring cut all the way around to spine 3rd or 4th finlet  up from tail. Your fish will totally  pump out all blood  and be bled out to obtain highest quality meat. Once bled gut and remove gills and plates rinse well and pack tightly with ice. You now have about as close to sushi grade meat as possible 

    I would much rather be able to say I was glad I did than wished I had........

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  • JRWhitee
    JRWhitee Posts: 5,678
    Yellow Tail is my favorite, we caught a couple the last time in Cabo but they weren't any where that big! Nice catch.
                                                                
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    @AUCE, our captain and mate did essentially what you describe. The meat is as good as any tuna I have ever eaten so I can only conclude that you are giving sound advice as always. 

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  • BIll-W221
    BIll-W221 Posts: 279
    Foghorn said:
    @Bill-W221, do you have your own boat - or do you have a regular captain you use? And when are you coming. It's still pretty early for tuna this year. Apparently they ran into November last year. 
    I charter and have been using the same captain for a long time, but i stopped going last year. Long story.

    But typically I went for the bass, that stuff is great on the grill !!!!



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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    @Bill-W221, that's a good-looking bass. They are great on the grill. Prior to this year that has always been our payoff and we've enjoyed a lot of it over the years - although I don't think we've ever caught one that large. We've used a variety of captains over the years out of Rock Harbor, Pamet (with a neighbor of my in-laws) and Chatham.  I can't honestly say that the one we used this year did anything different than we did on any of our previous failed tuna attempts, but if you want his name let me know. He ran a good trip and seemed to have his stuff together. 

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  • allsid
    allsid Posts: 492
    Tuna-  off the cape?  That sir is wicked pissah!  Congrats!  Sometime, ask the captain if the false albacore are running or when you can fish for them. Not much to eat from what I understand but they are a son of a gun to catch. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    allsid said:
    Tuna-  off the cape?  That sir is wicked pissah!  Congrats!  Sometime, ask the captain if the false albacore are running or when you can fish for them. Not much to eat from what I understand but they are a son of a gun to catch. 
    @allsid, yes it was (wicked pissah that is).  And I'll ask about the false albacore - although with our penchant for wanting to cook what we catch I doubt it will be a top priority. 

    Thanks to @fishlessman and a recommendation he made last year we had the tuna with some great Allagash beer. The Curieux is now my favorite. 

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  • allsid
    allsid Posts: 492
    Foghorn said:
    allsid said:
    Tuna-  off the cape?  That sir is wicked pissah!  Congrats!  Sometime, ask the captain if the false albacore are running or when you can fish for them. Not much to eat from what I understand but they are a son of a gun to catch. 
     - although with our penchant for wanting to cook what we catch I doubt it will be a top priority. 


    Hope this is not stating the obvious, but Striped bass is amazing on the grill!  I have a striped bass cooked on a salt block recipe coming out in my book- :)  Wish I was back east chasing the blues and bass around.  My dad said the fishing on Long Island Sound has been awful, so I am stoked you had fun on the cape- Cheers!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Striped bass is up there with grouper as one of the best in my book.
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Foghorn, I hope you are planning on turning the annual end-of-year pick up of your son from Hopkins into a week-long crabbing and Rockfish extravaganza on the Chesapeake Bay.
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    @nolaegghead, I agree on the stripers and grouper (although we've never caught a grouper).  I'd add Mahi and halibut to the list. 

    @Eggcelsior, that is a very intriguing thought. My son and I would love it, but there are other factors that I may not be able to overcome like a wife who is not a fan of fishing and a sister and nephews in Manassas.  Do you have a boat?

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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Foghorn said:
    @nolaegghead, I agree on the stripers and grouper (although we've never caught a grouper).  I'd add Mahi and halibut to the list. 

    @Eggcelsior, that is a very intriguing thought. My son and I would love it, but there are other factors that I may not be able to overcome like a wife who is not a fan of fishing and a sister and nephews in Manassas.  Do you have a boat?
    I don't, sadly. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    Eggcelsior said:
    Foghorn said:
    @nolaegghead, I agree on the stripers and grouper (although we've never caught a grouper).  I'd add Mahi and halibut to the list. 

    @Eggcelsior, that is a very intriguing thought. My son and I would love it, but there are other factors that I may not be able to overcome like a wife who is not a fan of fishing and a sister and nephews in Manassas.  Do you have a boat?
    I don't, sadly. 
    You've got until May. Get on it. 

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  • Foghorn
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    @4Runner, did you have any luck?

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  • Foghorn
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    DieselkW said:
    We're heading to Kitty Hawk next month to try our luck at yellowfin - down South they run about 30 lbs. average and we usually manage to get more than one each.
    Biggest I've ever caught is still smaller than that monster you brought in, I would guess 60 lbs.?


    @DieselkW, it occurred to me that the scale of the pic may not be that obvious. My son is 5'11". 

    With that being said, catching several 30 pounders would probably be an even better experience than what we had where we only got one bite from a tuna that just happened to be huge. 

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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    Foghorn said:
    @4Runner, did you have any luck?
    @Foghorn - we leave on 7/28.  ;)
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,310
    4Runner said:
    Foghorn said:
    @4Runner, did you have any luck?
    @Foghorn - we leave on 7/28.  ;)
    Ah. Well hopefully you'll get your limit when you go.

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