A nearly 700-pound bluefin tuna found in the waters off the coast of Texas shocked anglers who struggled for two hours to reel in the rare catch, breaking a fishing rod in the process.

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The piscatorial trio was using Seeker tuna rods and Penn reels filled with 100 lb. test line. ... While Southern California offshore waters produce the most consistent bluefin tuna fishing, ...

Big game anglers are thrilled these days. A massive influx of bluefin tuna has moved into Northern California waters, including Monterey Bay. Reports of bluefin sightings and catches range from Big… ...

An exhausted captain has spoken about his struggle after a five-person crew in Texas took on a 676-pound bluefin tuna that broke the rod in half during a two-hour struggle.. Captain Tim Oestreich ...

Petruescu was fishing with a small skipjack tuna fly-lined while at the Hurricane Bank off Baja Sur. That is still considered the largest “unofficial” yellowfin ever caught on rod and reel ...

The bluefin tuna industry, as it was developing in the early '70s, these Unification Church boats, they weren't even fishing from big boats, they would just have hand lines in dories. They would catch ...

Updated April 9, 2025: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has shut down bluefin tuna fishing at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina. A pier spokesperson confirmed to Outdoor ...

The bluefin tuna is an Atlantic tuna species prized for its size and taste. ... such as a rod and reel, ... Catching and selling bluefin doesn't require a tuna fishing license.

In 1979, Canadian angler Ken Fraser landed a bluefin weighing 1,496 pounds off the coast of Nova Scotia—and to this day it still holds the record for the largest tuna ever caught on a rod and reel.

Six anglers fishing aboard the Flat Dangerous, an 80-foot Viking based in Destin, Florida, lucked into a ferocious bite on Wednesday from an 888-pound bluefin tuna.With fish boiling on the surface all ...