29 Pound Albacore Tuna
Submitted by clalo20 on Sat, 2007-02-17 12:45
29 Lbs (13 Kg) Albacore 200 Meters off the coast of Dominican Republic.
Equipment use for this 25 minute battle:
Hopper Jig
New Shimano Curado 300 DSV Baitcaster Reel with 20 pound braid
Shimano Trevala
Nealez
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Good fish mate, love me
Good fish mate, love me tuna!! looks like a black tuna or our bluefin as the pectral fins arnt as long as the albacore we get over here
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Andy Mac
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Nice fish Clalo
Looks like a happy angler and plenty of shashimi for dinner.
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Adam Gallash
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Awesome
He sure looks like he would have tore off some line. Really looking foward to catching some more of those speedsters. Great stuff Clalo!
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Dasho
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Great fish on a baitcaster.
Great fish on a baitcaster. Grab the soy and wasabi.
clalo20
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Bluefin Tuna????
I think this is a Bluefin Tuna, maybe, not an Albacore!!
What do you think?
Catch 22
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Albacore??
Maybe a Albacore IF pectorol fins are long! (But not visible in the pic) and too chubby, more likely a Blackfin Tuna. NOT a Bluefin at all, not long enough, and its too chubby. I say Blackfin!!
tangles
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nice rat
nice rat there m8, gota love it when they tear off at a 100miles an hour! hope you sampled some sushi while you were still out there!
clalo20
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Blackfin for sure!!
I agree, I believe it to be a Blackfin Tuna, in Dominican Republic they call this Albacore. We did have great sashimi. We took 3 of these to a restaurant called Marocha and we went about 12 people to have a dozen different tuna plates for everyone to try. Very memorable dinner, drinks and cigar.