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Old 03-05-2012, 01:49 PM   #1
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Angler's 738-pound Pacific bluefin tuna may be biggest ever caught

By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com



A 738-pound Pacific bluefin tuna described by angler Nathan Adams as a "fish of a lifetime" may also be the largest Pacific bluefin ever landed on rod and reel.

The catch was made aboard an 18-foot boat during a recent competition off Houhora in New Zealand. If it's approved by the International Game Fish Assn., it will set an all-tackle world record, replacing a 716-pound 8-ounce Pacific bluefin landed off Westport, New Zealand, in 2007.

The IGFA typically takes weeks before deciding on record submissions, but since Adams was in a competition and complying with strict tournament rules, it's likely that he'll become the record holder.

It was one of two incredible catches for Adams, a member of the Muriwai Sportfishing Club.

He also landed a 788-pound black marlin, to set a club record, and his group battled 12 billfish in 11 days as part of the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Nationals competition. A 16-year-old girl accounted for five of those billfish.

Most of the fish were released, but the giant tuna and marlin were kept and will be sent to the taxidermist.

Adams, 42, told Auckland Now that he'd like to place the tuna on the wall of his home, replacing a 30-pound snapper, but his wife isn't sure she wants something so large as a wall decoration.

"She says it will be like mounting a sofa," Adams said.
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Old 03-05-2012, 02:04 PM   #2
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Taxidermist!!?? Did anyone tell him how much that fish is worth on the Sushi Market...

Or maybe he's baller enough that he would prefer the giant wall-ornament.
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Old 03-05-2012, 02:19 PM   #3
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What a bluefin!

Wish they got that big in Cali
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Old 03-05-2012, 03:16 PM   #4
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There is his retirement fund right there...
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Old 03-05-2012, 06:55 PM   #5
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Taxidermist!!?? Did anyone tell him how much that fish is worth on the Sushi Market...

Or maybe he's baller enough that he would prefer the giant wall-ornament.
Dude, my thoughts exactly. Plus dont fish taxidermists just carve the shape from some light material and paint it off of pictures taken?
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