98 kilo Bluefin Tuna…

by frogpondsrock on June 1, 2009

in David,Family,fauna and flora,food,friendship,Fun

Or for those of you who use the Imperial system of weights and measures that is about 200 pounds of hard fighting fish.

David went Tuna fishing on Saturday with a close family friend and his sons and they caught a 98 kilo Tuna. Here is a photo taken with Dave’s phone. My son is 6 foot 4 so that gives you an idea of how big the fish is. See those chomp marks near the Tuna’s tail? A Mako shark came up and had a bit of a nibble. Luckily the boys managed to land the Tuna before the shark came back for more. Well done lads!!!

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{ 21 comments }

Mum June 1, 2009 at 4:19 pm

What a clever Grandson I have (with a little help from his friends) and what a delicious meal it made Yum Yum

river June 1, 2009 at 4:23 pm

So it’s tuna patties for dinner then? What time? I’ll bring the dessert.

David is 6ft 4in? Wow!

Kelley @ Magnetoboldtoo June 1, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Veronica June 1, 2009 at 6:07 pm

And delicious it was too. Absolutely delicious.

I cooked the rest of my bit this afternoon. Amy fought me for it tooth and nail. I think she’s eaten more of it than I have!

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Veronica June 1, 2009 at 6:07 pm

Oh and it’s 215lbs.

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Veronica June 1, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Argh, can’t spell. Go and fix my delicious typos, please Mum?

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frogpondsrock June 1, 2009 at 6:12 pm

hehehe all fixed Veronica…

Xbox4NappyRash June 1, 2009 at 7:13 pm

That fish is heavier than me. Just.

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Barbara June 1, 2009 at 8:15 pm

Blimey, you’ll get a few tuna mayo sandwiches out of that! It really was THIS BIG (holds out arms to signify fish of gargantuan proportions)

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Mrs. C June 1, 2009 at 8:48 pm

I’m absolutely amazed. How on earth did that happen? What bait did you use? What kind of boat were you on? How did David brace himself?

And how did he grow so tall? Or is it just the hair?

We wanna know!

AND… are you going to eat all that tuna or just hang the fish on your wall or what??

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Ree June 1, 2009 at 11:41 pm

Tuna sandwiches for dinner? ;-)

Great job David.

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Marylin June 1, 2009 at 11:44 pm

Wow… that thing is HUGE! At first I thought someone was being clever with the proportions, fish in front, David behind! :)

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Hyphen Mama June 2, 2009 at 12:03 am

As Mack would say “that’s HUUUUUUUUGE”.

I would really have expected that to feed you all for a week. Shows what I know.

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Jientje June 2, 2009 at 12:14 am

What a huge Tuna KIm, wow!
It’s a good thing they got rid of the shark though, what a scary thought!

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frogpondsrock June 2, 2009 at 6:35 am

@ Mrs C. They went out on a charter boat specifically to catch Tuna. They had 6 or 7 rods set, all trolling lures. They hoped that a tuna would come up and chomp onto the lure. They were lucky enough to get a double hook-up and it took them nearly an hour and a half to land that tuna. They fought the other fish for the same amount of time but he spat the hook about 50 metres from the boat.

They all took turns winding the fish in.There were six of them on the boat. So they all shared the meat. David gave some tuna to his Nan and his sister and we have enough left for 6 or so meals. mmm tuna curry yum.

His hair makes him about 6 foot five lol…

Jayne June 2, 2009 at 10:25 am

What a ripper of a catch!
Congrats and yum :)
Keep sending him out and he can bring home the bacon fish instead ;)

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Sharon June 2, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Well done David and co. Fresh tuna is sooo yummy. And you know it had a happy life first ;-)

Avril June 2, 2009 at 10:17 pm

Huge fish .. tall son … it must be the air/water downunder!!! Great job David and friends!

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lceel June 3, 2009 at 11:06 pm

Dude. That’s a BIG fish. That’s a big fisherman. Shark bit that thing right in the ASS.

kompostela June 4, 2009 at 9:17 pm

Amazing fish! My mouth is watering when I think about its taste…

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Taz June 12, 2009 at 9:13 pm

thats so big..

david so tall already.. wow

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