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, ...

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.

Tuna’s one big health drawback, experts say, is the risk posed by mercury, a neurotoxin. This heavy metal enters the ocean mostly from human activities like burning fossil fuels.

Gill was fishing in 150 feet of water on Nov. 11 when he hooked the fish. After a dogged and tiring battle that almost took all line from his Okuma reel, Gill worked the tuna to the surface, and ...