The massive tuna was caught roughly 160 miles out to sea, and it took the crew almost four and half hours to reel it in.
The catch has not yet been confirmed as a new state record, and the current record is listed as an 826-pound, 8-ounce bluefin tuna caught in 2017, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
What? Did they shoot a hole in it with a shotgun?
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DeleteI have caught a 210 lb. Blue Fin. These kids did not do this.
ReplyDeleteIn the mid-80's in the D.C. area was a morning drivetime d.j. known as the Greaseman, Nino Greasemanelli. So funny he'd put the current crop of snowflakes into total heart failure. He did have a song about the food he ate to bulk up and become the manly man he was. All about tunafish. Enjoy! http://www.greaseman.org/sounds/best_of/112%20-%20The%20Tuna%20Song.mp3
ReplyDeleteI remember the Greaseman. He used to claim to be one of the Village People.
DeleteI remember the Greaseman too, when I was living in Florida - outrageous and graphic with all of his euphemisms.
Delete"On May 25, 1979, Tracht gained national attention when he mocked convicted murderer John Spenkelink, who was due to be executed in "Old Sparky," the Florida State Prison electric chair, that day. Tracht aired a recording of sizzling bacon and dedicated it to Spenkelink, telling him to get used to the sound....."
DeleteAnyone know the dollar value of a Tuna that large?
ReplyDeleteI read something the other day about Florida tuna. I think they said it's going for $46/lb so that fish is worth about $38,000.
DeleteYou can always tune a radio, but you can never tuna fish.
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ReplyDeleteJapanese buyers prowl the docks looking for opportunities to buy a fish like this. If it has been properly handled (I doubt this one was) and they considered it sufficiently hi-grade, they would pay $30,000 to $40,000 often bidding against one another.
ReplyDeleteThe fish would have to have been collared and the body cavity packed with ice, then the entire fish packed on Ice. It would be flown to Japan and processed there.
In today's market I'd imagine prices could be higher.
Funnily enough, one time I was taking a plane from Paris to Tunisia to work a hitch, and a Japanese gentleman was sitting next to me in Business class. He was coming to take delivery of a fish. He had flown from Japan with a cargo cooler packed with dry ice, and he had a check in his pocket for the agreed price. He wouldn't tell me how much it was, but he did tell me it was in the $10's of thousands - and this was in the mid-90's. I was absolutely flabbergasted to hear that a single fish could command that kind of money, and that the industry in Japan would have people ready to mobilize on a moment's notice - but I have since worked with a Japanese company and as I got to know those guys, they confirmed this was pretty standard.
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