21.5 lb blackfin tuna

[jtkwest]

me and 4 buddies went out to the blue water on thursday and we found a bunch of birds crashing down in 600 ft of water we investigated and found a ball of sardines getting slammed by skipjack tunas. so we geared up and got in a little way away from them.
it was a pretty amazing sight! like something off the discovery channel
we got a bunch on go pro, but it needs to be edited.
when ben gets back from the bahamas tomorrow i will do it.
i scored 3 blackfin tunas
1 barely legal dolfin
1 skipjack tuna
my largest blackfin was 21.5lbs gutted
i have never speared one before , so this was a thrill!
VERY hard to shoot those things!
some dolfin came in to investigate
i kept missing those , but my buddies got two
one of which was a decent bull at around 13lbs
video to come soon

 

[jtkwest]

these pics wont download unless i do one at a time for some reason
the pics were taken the next morning
my son wasnt operating the camera correctly, while we were coming in.
we already seared and ate the two small tunas the night before.

 

[foxfish]

Nice fish Jason, send bob a pm & get the tuna in our hall of fame View Profile: bobdonny

 

[podge]

Nicely done Mr West, some good fishing there sir.
Looking forward to the video

 

[bobdonny]

Lurvley

 

[blaiz]

Nice Fish!

 

[Don Paul]

Very nice fish Jason !

Tuna get my heart pumping.

Cheers, Don

 

[Chris_C_NZ]

When you say dolfin, you're not meaning

right?

Coz if you are, that'd be mean.

 

[podge]

Chris I don’t thing that even Jason would shoot Flipper
He’s talking about mahi mahi also known as Dolphin fish.

 

[jtkwest]

flipper would be too big.
we are looking for the juveniles.
we dont kill them if possible, just take the dorsal fin and let them go.
if you shoot them in the blowhole, it paralyzes them.
i make a mix out of it to clean the oven.
works great!

 

[podge]

Top reply roflroflroflrofl

 

[Chris_C_NZ]

Ah cool! As you were then.