So, the tuna had to be refrigerated, which surely caused it to lose some pounds before it could be officially weighed ashore on certified scales. Capt. Fleck posted about the catch on the Excel ...

On November 11, 2024, angler Earl Gill IV hooked a monster Pacific yellowfin tuna while fishing aboard the Excel, captained by Justin Fleck, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Gill's catch ...

Earl Gill IV caught the "super cow" while… A fisherman on a long-range fishing trip out of San Diego hit the jackpot by landing a yellowfin tuna weighing a whopping 443 pounds, ...

Monster 888-pound Tuna is largest ever caught off Florida (Courtesy: Anne Nuffer Hinze) But there was no time to rest when Capt. Gill’s 80-foot Viking got back to the marina.

Mr. Gill pinned a chunk bait onto a 4/0 circle hook tied to 100-pound fluorocarbon leader backed with 100-pound braid line wound onto a Makaira 20-wide reel with the aim of catching a cow tuna.

A warm-bodied fish, bluefin tuna have a physiological mechanism that prevents them from losing heat through their gills, allowing them to travel insane distances. Amelia, the fish at the heart of ...