The Yellowfin Record of The World
If you are looking for a new fishing challenge, the yellowfin tuna may be perfect for your next outing. These fish are exciting, challenging, and make excellent table fare.
And if you get lucky, you just might beat the world best yellowfin record!
About the YellowFin Tuna Record
The yellowfin tuna is a visually stunning fish. It has a torpedo-like shape typical of most tuna species, and it has a metallic dark-blue color on the back and upper portion of the sides. The color gradually changes from yellowish to silver along the sides. Most noticeable is the bright yellow seen on their dorsal fins, anal fins, and finlets.
You can catch these fish with lures or bait, and a variety of techniques attract yellowfin. They often feed near surfaces, so lures and even topwater baits can be used. For example, you may use chum to bring in yellowfin, then lures or baited hooks dropped into the water to catch them.
Yellowfin tuna are found in many regions across the globe as they are highly migratory. But they are especially found in tropical and subtropical waters, although not found in the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the World Record for Yellowfin Tuna?
Logging and recording world-record fish is complicated. There are many systems of measurement and a variety of standards that need to be met for a fish to be officially certified as the world record.
In some cases, rare as they may be, anglers actually catch a world record but don’t go through the process of having it certified.
According to the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), the world record yellowfin tuna is a 424-pound fish caught off the coast of Mexico in the Baja region. The angler Jorge Lazo was anchored and fishing with cut squid. When the fish massive yellowfin hit the bait, it took two hours to land the prize. Although larger fish have been recorded, this is believed to be the largest yellowfin tuna ever caught by an angler.
But there may have been a larger yellowfin caught by an angler.
Also fishing out of Loreto, angler Robert Ross caught a massive yellowfin tuna that allegedly weighed around 430 pounds, which would stand as a new record. However, Ross took the fish to a cattle ranch and weighed in on a butcher’s scale. Then, instead of having the catch certified, he cleaned and filleted the tuna. When he phoned the local sport-fishing store to talk about his catch, the manager told him he likely cut up, and destroyed, a world record.
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