This 405lb Yellowfin Tuna caught by Mike Livingston may be the new world record for the species. It was caught on Nov. 30 aboard the Vagabond and must wait 90 days before officially being declared a new world record by the International Game Fish Association.
I’ve seen Koi being hand fed but hand feeding a Pike is probably not the best idea.
Apparently this guy from the Netherlands does this quite often. You can read more about it at Fishing Fury.
The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) announced today that Manabu Kurita of Japan tied George Perry’s 78 year old world record for a largemouth bass. Caught in 1932, Perry’s fish weighed in at 22 pounds, 4 ounces. Kurita’s fish was 22 pounds, 4.97 ounces but since it was not at least 2 ounces over Perry’s fish it could not supplant the old record.
http://www.igfa.org/Records/World-Record-Largemouth-Bass.aspx
Three more ships from the Mothball Fleet are being removed for dismantling. Officially part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, these ships were intended for emergency use in cases of war and crisis. However, time and nature have taken its toll on the ships and they have become a source of controversy for its effects on the environment.
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A giant bluefin tuna, weighing in at a whopping 513lbs, was sold Tuesday for an even more outrageous sum of $177,000. Incredibly, this is only the second highest amount paid for a bluefin tuna. In 2001, a 440lb bluefin tuna was auctioned off at the same Tsukiji fish market for a hefty sum of $220,000. That’s a whole lot of sushi. Now if I can only figure out how to catch one I wouldn’t have to work for a few years.