The Virginia State File for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna has been damaged as soon as once more. The present standing report of a 708-pound bluefin tuna was caught on February 16, 3030, by Jake Hiles of Virginia Seaside. This fish had damaged the earlier report of a 606-pound bluefin, which had been caught in April of 2007 by Jake’s good friend Chase Robinson. Now the present report has been dwarfed by an 832-pound monster of a tuna caught on January tenth by Mike Rogerson of Virginia Seaside on the 58-foot sportfisher Excessive Hopes, with Captain David Wright. After days of coming again to the dock on the Vigrina Seaside Fishing Middle empty-handed, the Excessive Hopes lastly had one thing take their ballyhoo.
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In solely about 48ft of water, one thing blew up their bait proper off the strict of the boat. This explosive begin ended up turning right into a 1.5-hour-long battle with a monster of a fish. Ultimately, although, Mr Rogerson and Captain Wright managed to get the bluefin on the deck and had been on their method again to the dock to get it weighed up. Calling forward to their weighmaster to get a crane lined as much as carry the behemoth out of the boat, it got here out to 832.6 kilos, over 120 kilos heavier than the present Virginia state report bluefin. This report fish had an total size of 108 inches, a girth of 78 inches, and a fork size of 34 inches.
Whereas this was the largest bluefin caught out of Virginia Seaside thus far, this one isn’t the one record-breaking fish this month. Only a few days earlier than, on the Simply Proper, angler Brandon Newsome had landed a 721-pound bluefin tuna. With the bluefins migrating by way of the world proper now, the fish are there, simply want a little bit of luck to make it occur, in accordance with the captain.
“Simply fortunate
, chew of a lifetime
” – Captain David Wright
