kayos
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Can this be true and if it is, surely it is illegal??!!
Giant 9ft bluefin tuna caught off Harris coast - The Scotsman
Giant 9ft bluefin tuna caught off Harris coast - The Scotsman
Bluefin Tuna, caught off Harris
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OuTkast76
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They could well start following the mackerel close to shore in coming years, Rob will get one on sunday lol
Being two bluefin tuna caught off whitby this summer but only tiddlers compaired to the big boys one of salmon drift netters caught them this picture is one of them which was landed on whitby fish market to be sdold it was only 2.4 kilos a baby in tuna terms but where there is little ones usually there a very big ones duering the 1930ss when you could walk on herring tuna over 800lb were once caught off whitby.
This is the picture of tunny i took mixed in with salmon in a fish box on the fish quay.
paul.
This is the picture of tunny i took mixed in with salmon in a fish box on the fish quay.
paul.
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david.northeast
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Big fish that mind. Seems there becoming more common in our waters these days
OuTkast76
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It says that it swallowed the hooks in the write up also
OuTkast76
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"Angus Campbell, owner of Kilda Cruises has recently been investigating the viability of fishing for Bluefin tuna and specialist fishing gear was ordered from the USA, and John White of Fishermen’s Outfitters (Massachusetts, USA) recently travelled over to Harris to teach the ins and outs of how to catch these massive creatures"
d-a
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tuna
tuna
there has allways been tuna and tunny in the north sea they used to follow the herring the world record came from whitby /scarb during the 20s but the herring were over fished so there numbers fell but with the herring recovering the blue fin and tunny are returning
tuna
there has allways been tuna and tunny in the north sea they used to follow the herring the world record came from whitby /scarb during the 20s but the herring were over fished so there numbers fell but with the herring recovering the blue fin and tunny are returning
sam harris
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Tunny.
Tunny.
The British record for a Tunny is 851 lbs.It was caught off Whitby in 1933 by Lorenzo Mitchell Henry. There was a bigger fish taken on rod and line off the North Irish coast about 4 or 5 years ago , but the record wasn't claimed and the fish was put onto the local market.
These fish have been running along the West coast of Ireland and the North coast for years, but only a couple of charter boats bother trying for them.
Tunny.
The British record for a Tunny is 851 lbs.It was caught off Whitby in 1933 by Lorenzo Mitchell Henry. There was a bigger fish taken on rod and line off the North Irish coast about 4 or 5 years ago , but the record wasn't claimed and the fish was put onto the local market.
These fish have been running along the West coast of Ireland and the North coast for years, but only a couple of charter boats bother trying for them.
bonito ?
bonito ?
hi paul
been a few tuna off the tyne again this year as well. the stripped ones are bonito tuna not Bluefin. caught a few off florida hellish scrapers, but only grow to a max 10-12pounds love to see a few more here though
bonito ?
Being two bluefin tuna caught off whitby this summer but only tiddlers compaired to the big boys one of salmon drift netters caught them this picture is one of them which was landed on whitby fish market to be sdold it was only 2.4 kilos a baby in tuna terms but where there is little ones usually there a very big ones duering the 1930ss when you could walk on herring tuna over 800lb were once caught off whitby.
This is the picture of tunny i took mixed in with salmon in a fish box on the fish quay.
paul.
hi paul
been a few tuna off the tyne again this year as well. the stripped ones are bonito tuna not Bluefin. caught a few off florida hellish scrapers, but only grow to a max 10-12pounds love to see a few more here though
endeavor16
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Some fish,nowt like that off Seaham today just a few whiteys,one boat did have a nice 20lb ling off the ground apparantly.
Tuna were here in numbers in numbers in 20ss and 30ss it is the over fishing on herring many years ago you could walk on herring off this coast dureing the summer months and it was a masive attraction for the tuna people say its global warming they are here but how do explain why they were here in the 20ss and 30ss its all to do with with what they eat .
paul.
SeanStar85
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Would love to have one of them smash into me hook and line!
sam harris
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A huge shoal of Tunny were seen off the North East coast about 20 years ago. These fish were about 50 to 60 miles off.
In the heyday of the tunny fishing off the North East coast people came from all over the world to try their luck. Possibly the most famous was John Wayne, many other film stars, politicians also writers like Zane Grey came.
The headquarters for the British Tunny Club was at Scarborough until the early fifties, the building is now a fish and chip shop, I believe there is a tunny club museum in the basement.
There is no reason why these fish shouldn't still run past our coastline as they use the same migratory route each season and have done for more or less ever.
In the heyday of the tunny fishing off the North East coast people came from all over the world to try their luck. Possibly the most famous was John Wayne, many other film stars, politicians also writers like Zane Grey came.
The headquarters for the British Tunny Club was at Scarborough until the early fifties, the building is now a fish and chip shop, I believe there is a tunny club museum in the basement.
There is no reason why these fish shouldn't still run past our coastline as they use the same migratory route each season and have done for more or less ever.
