sneddo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 G'day All, Mate of mine from New Hampshire in the US sent me this photo of a Giant Bluefin taken recently in the waters off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mates Quotes from his email below "We were trolling with spreader bars and a Penn 70 went off, lost 400 yards before we knew what was going on. Stand up fight lasted 12 minutes, got it up to the boat, tail-roped; brought it onto the deck with a block and tackle. Fish dressed at 290 lbs (no guts, head, or tail) and would've been about 425 lbs prior to dressing " " As far as the size of the fish up this way; giant bluefin get up over 1000 lbs but today they are quite rare in that size range, anything in the 600-700 lb range is considered quite large, fish over about 400 are considered to be good sized fish, but they come in all sizes. The last few seasons we've been catching quite a few in the 50-150 lb range, sometimes 10 per trip... this season there have been many fish in the 150-200 lb size range caught " Sneddo on behalf of a US based mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Mate thats big! its unbelievable they got an awesome fish like that to the boat in 12minutes! great effort.What line class was on that tackle? cheers;steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneddo Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Steve, 130lb on the 70 class reel. Strike drag set to 32lbs with the drag pushed to the 60lb range during the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southerly Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Steve, 130lb on the 70 class reel. Strike drag set to 32lbs with the drag pushed to the 60lb range during the fight. That's awfully heavy going for stand up tackle. Amazing fish. Southerly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I'll back our boys and their 105kg model landed out of a trailer boat on 24kg and a broken gaff any day of the week. 12 minute fight on 60kg gear, tail roped and then hauled aboard with a bock and tackle? Might as well have just towed it back to shore. Aussie Aussie Aussie!! (Sorry - sudden burst of patriotism). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 i love seeing massive fish like that, the yanks sure do get some biggens, especially the giat cods and things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Super Fish What a monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocofallon Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Massive fish! Imagine snorkeling along and running into that thing my pants would be doing some cubing of their own...Awesome catch! Cheers, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkles Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Massive fish! Imagine snorkeling along and running into that thing my pants would be doing some cubing of their own...Awesome catch! Cheers, Joe Hey choco, You really are coming up with some funny calls. That is a biiiiiiiiiig fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damariboyz Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Shyt thats big. Would love to see a 1000 pounder. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothe Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'll back our boys and their 105kg model landed out of a trailer boat on 24kg and a broken gaff any day of the week. 12 minute fight on 60kg gear, tail roped and then hauled aboard with a bock and tackle? Might as well have just towed it back to shore. Aussie Aussie Aussie!! (Sorry - sudden burst of patriotism). have you a photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefa Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 hope you have a big freezer dude ,awesome catch you deserve a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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