Yellowfin Tuna Pending World Record

[GUNNERX2]

For 16 years,I took a long range fishing trip out of San Diego on the Excel Sport Fishing boat. My trips were 10 days long and would go as much as1,000 miles south of San Diego.

I quit going 3 years ago, mostly due to finances but have continued to follow this world class fishing boat. Well, last week they landed the new pending world record yellowfin tuna, 443#.

This beast was caught on a boat with upwards of 25 other anglers on standup gear. My biggest was around 100# and I'll admit I'm not man enough to handle a fish of this size.

I spent a very long day on the Excel many years ago. Very nice boat. We were in San Diego for a convention and the trip was arranged by one of the locals. It was a very windy day and some of the folks backed out at the last minute when they saw the flag at the hotel standing straight out and flapping like crazy. Everyone on the boat got seasick but kept fishing. I never picked up a rod. I spent a lot of time below deck in one of the bunks and only came up for air when I had to chum the water.