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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mabelingwane on August 25, 2004, 08:16:20 AM

Title: I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Mabelingwane on August 25, 2004, 08:16:20 AM

I hope father Christmas is good for me, and pays for a fishing trip for these beast in the next few years.

(http://www.myfishingpictures.com/img/031154-big.jpg) (http://www.myfishingpictures.com/?p=31154&c=547&z=1")

(http://www.myfishingpictures.com/img/031156.jpg) (http://www.myfishingpictures.com/?p=31156&c=547&z=1")

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Koho on August 25, 2004, 08:22:42 AM

Sure is a nice fish and pic.  Where is this?

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Mabelingwane on August 25, 2004, 08:47:57 AM

I am not sure... I got the pics from a site that i really enjoy browsing through. Makes me long for a place that i have never been. The members gallery is very entertaining.

www.myfishingpictures.com (http://www.myfishingpictures.com)

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Redeye on August 25, 2004, 09:00:56 AM

That is one awsome fish... :o

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Mabelingwane on August 25, 2004, 09:13:00 AM

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The maximum length reported is 180 inches (458.0 cm) total length and the maximum weight reported is 1,506 lbs. (684 kg). Bluefin commonly attain a size of 78 inches (200 cm). The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) all-tackle record is 1496 lb. (679 kg).  This tuna has a life span of approximately 15 years.

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The bluefin tuna is distributed throughout the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in subtropical and temperate waters. In the western Atlantic Ocean, it is found from Labrador, Canada, to northern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, it is found from Norway to the Canary Islands. In the western Pacific Ocean, it is distributed from Japan to the Philippines. In the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is distributed from the southern coast of Alaska, USA to Baja California, Mexico.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/BluefinTuna/BluefinTuna.html (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/BluefinTuna/BluefinTuna.html)

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: dennisK on August 25, 2004, 09:39:23 AM

hmmm

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 26, 2004, 12:25:31 AM

Tuna sashimi and sushi. Mmmmmm

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Koho on August 26, 2004, 09:18:06 AM

Quote from: Mabelingwane on August 25, 2004, 09:13:00 AM

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In the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is distributed from the southern coast of Alaska, USA to Baja California, Mexico.  

I know you can catch albacore tuna off the west coast.  My buddy went on a charter about 50 miles off the coast and caught a number of them.  Real good eating too.  Didn't catch any Blue Fin on that trip though.  I'd prefer to catch them somewhere tropical and warm  8)

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Sam Salmon on August 26, 2004, 10:39:07 AM

These are Bluefin caught off the Oregon Coast last week.Also all kinds of them off California now.

(http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/3150DSC09049-med.JPG)

(http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/3150DSC09048-med.JPG)

If it's  Giant Bluefin  you want it's easy enough to take a Charter from one of the Nova Scotia or PEI ports-expensive but if you catch a fish that Charter is free.

dennisK-if that Trevally is 5 pounds I'll eat it raw fins 'n all!That's an adult man's hands and the fish is no bigger-give it 700 grams tops.

Title: Re:I would love to fish for Blue Fin Tuna.
Post by: Koho on August 26, 2004, 12:10:01 PM

Those fish are so streamlined.  They must be like torpedoes fighting them.