Fishing prowess

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• Observant1

  January 6 edited January 7

  Long ago on several occasions, I caught a few school tuna (think they were all yellowfin)
  which weighed approximately 50 lb. - 75 lb. Great fighting fish and delicious to eat!
• Observant1

  January 6 edited January 7

  A 525 lb. bluefin tuna recently sold for nearly $800,000 at Tokyo's largest fish market.
  Hmm... Maybe my portfolio should include an allocation to Grade #1 bluefin tuna?
  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/01/05/tuna-new-year-auction/
  
• Anna

  January 6

  How many of you did what I did upon reading the @Observant1 post above - computed the per pound price of that tuna meat before processing?
• Observant1

  January 6 edited January 6

  $789,000 ÷ 525 lb. = $1,502.86/lb.
  That's one expensive fish!
• Crash

  January 6

  Grinning here. .... But... Is Bluefin Tuna the same thing as Blue Marlin, I'm wondering...
  
  
• Derf

  January 7

  I wonder how Charlie feels about this catch !? I'll bet you it doesn't wind up in a can of tuna fish !!!
• hank

  January 8 edited January 8

  Not to rain on your parade. I’ve hauled in 30-35 pound salmon with heavier gear trolling deep water in the great lakes and have landed 2-3 pound rainbow, brook or brown trout hooked on light tackle in shallow streams and ponds. For sheer enjoyment and satisfaction, the smaller fish take the prize over the larger. And generally speaking they are of exceptional eating quality as well.
• Crash

  January 8

  hank said:

  Not to rain on your parade. I’ve hauled in 30-35 pound salmon with heavier gear trolling deep water in the great lakes and have landed 2-3 pound rainbow, brook or brown trout hooked on light tackle in shallow streams and ponds. For sheer enjoyment and satisfaction, the smaller fish take the prize over the larger. And generally speaking they are of exceptional eating quality as well.

  I much prefer freshwater, too @hank.
• Sven

  January 8

  @Crash, blue marlin is different from blue fin tuna.
• Derf

  January 8

  Well I guess I can name two fishermen that won't become Old Salts !
• Crash

  January 9

  @Sven. . Yes, that's what I thought. There is a switch from one to the other, above.
• hank

  January 9 edited January 9

  I had never eaten fresh tuna (only canned stuff) before someone on this board mentioned how good it tastes several years ago. Tried it. Liked it. Now a regular part of diet. I don’t eat fried foods, so broil it. Aside from some smoked salmon and canned tuna and salmon, the tuna fillets are about the only fish I eat (marinate them first).
  
  BTW - People do change sometimes. When I was 25-35 you couldn’t drag me off the waters of the great lakes. Sometimes launched / relaunched my 16’ boat twice the same day (morning / early evening). Clean one catch and go back for more. Alas, fishing now seems to me an immense waste of time. Sold boat 10 years ago and bought a bicycle. We have some marvelous bike paths in Michigan. I also travel more than in those days. Had never seen NYC until around age 65. Now get out there about twice a year, mainly for theater. But I do remember how appealing fishing once was.
  
  Catch a Big One guys!.
• Derf

  January 9

  @hank "Alas, fishing now seems to me an immense waste of time." I agree, it's the catching I miss ! Your wife must have been very forgiving as mine was. At one time I fished 4-5 times a week until hunting season opened.
  Have a good week, Derf
• Old_Joe

  January 9

  Our place on the Russian River has a small dock that our neighbors use to try for Steelhead trout, a local salmonid. I don't fish myself, but we've eaten some delicious fresh steelhead dinners when the fishermen have enough to share. I've seen some pretty good-sized steelhead come out of that river.
• Crash

  January 10

  Fishing ROCKS. The solitude. Time to unload all the junk collected in the head. Just nature and me and the water and the fish. Don't let the NEXT one get away!