Super Cow

[CooldadE]

Super Cow on the Excel... 443 lbs. ! With a Mak 20 and 100# line !!!

Cool

[Gobi King]

Wow!

[Crow]

Wow is right!

[CooldadE]

Super Cow on the Excel... 443 lbs. ! With a Mak 20 and 100# line !!!

Cool

Possibly a world record ?

[El Pescador]

CoolDadE, if I may...



And some news clippings:

  https://wonews.com/all-tackled-long-ranger-sacks-possible-world-record-tuna-on-excel-10-day/


  https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/world-record-yellowfin-tuna/


  https://www.instagram.com/realratedred/p/DCuHvsTPkc8/?img_index=1


This KIND OF NEWS MAKES YOU want to sign up for an upcoming Long Range Trip, doesn't it!!!!!


Great reporting,


Wayne

[Keta]

This fish was caught south of where we were fishing on the 10/20-10/30 SOA trip and the week after.

[boon]

Super Cow on the Excel... 443 lbs. ! With a Mak 20 and 100# line !!!

Cool

Possibly a world record ?

Never. Despite rumours to the contrary ("it was standup with a shoulder harness!") I virtually guarantee that the capture was exactly 0% IGFA compliant. Gaff length, deckhands probably handled the rod at one or more points, and the obvious one being it was caught on a rail rod which would have been used as a rail rod....

EDIT: I've just read the following:
"Captain Jeremiah Sapp, who was a crew member aboard the Excel when Gill caught his tuna, reports that the angler only used a shoulder harness to battle the yellowfin and not the boat "rail" for leverage. That's an important detail in order for the catch to be IGFA eligible. Using a boat rail for support would disqualify the catch for IGFA inclusion. A shoulder harness is IGFA approved."

The cynic in me is inclined to wonder if there was a quick change of stories after they realised it was a record-sized fish. Why would anyone fish with a rail rod and then, in the spur of the moment, decide "oh no I think I will be incredibly inefficient and wind this one in stand-up style".

[Crab Pot]

WOW!

Look at those Sabers.

A Tial Mount Trophy if I ever saw one.