Potential world record tuna could also be a $1-million fish

[Hum]

Guy Yocom and his group of anglers had seen a few large tuna leaping among dolphins, but did not know how large they were until Yocom hooked and landed one Tuesday off Cabo San Lucas. The behemoth weighed 421 pounds on one certified scale, and 427.5 pounds on another, and both tallies shatter the world record weight of 405 pounds.

Additionally, Yocom said he's registered in a contest that promises to pay $1 million to the angler who sets the first International Game Fish Assn. all-tackle world record before the contest window closes at the end of September.

Yocom cast a chunk of tuna among the leaping dolphins and fish and moments later the fight against one of the world's most powerful game fish was on. But for some reason, an epic battle did not materialize. "The fight only lasted 55 minutes. I'm not sure why," Yocom said.

The angler said he's having the scales delivered to San Diego for calibration to determine an official weight.

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[remixedcat]

my cat would eat that in a day

[Osiris]

Now thats big tuna!

[Original Poster]

why did they kill it? we need to breed animals like this to solve food issues (stuff world hunger i mean the price of food today)

[Astra.Xtreme]

why did they kill it? we need to breed animals like this to solve food issues (stuff world hunger i mean the price of food today)

To be fair, it will be turned into food. Plus a fish that huge will have a hard time finding a female of similar size to breed with.

[jamieakers]

I'm not a vegetarian or anything like that, but I continue to fail to see how standing around a dead animal smiling is in any way something to be proud of. Fine, kill animals for consumption as required by mankind but how is killing the head of the game - i.e. the evolutionary advantage that is this giant tuna something to be marvelled at? I whole heartedly agree with SPEHosting that we should be researching this animal, not hanging it up like it's some kind of trophy.

[Hum]

why did they kill it? we need to breed animals like this to solve food issues (stuff world hunger i mean the price of food today)

Don't worry -- some fat kids will eat it. :shifty:

[Crisp]

Is it Dolphin friendly Tuna?

[Big b0b]

what's in the pot? Looks like squash soup done wrong.

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

that is a terrifyingly large fish.

[Anibal P]

I'm not a vegetarian or anything like that, but I continue to fail to see how standing around a dead animal smiling is in any way something to be proud of. Fine, kill animals for consumption as required by mankind but how is killing the head of the game - i.e. the evolutionary advantage that is this giant tuna something to be marvelled at? I whole heartedly agree with SPEHosting that we should be researching this animal, not hanging it up like it's some kind of trophy.

Could be the fact that in this day and age of overfishing that a tuna that big was just caught

If there's one, there might be more which is a good thing for the future of giant tuna

[Hum]

that is a terrifyingly large fish.

That's what I said to my date.

[Growled Member]

That's gonna make a lot of tuna fish sandwiches. :D