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  • Angler's 405-pound yellowfin tuna is heaviest on record (hughest, most series all-tackle catch ever)

    12/06/2010 8:05:43 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 28 replies
    GrindTV ^ | 12/6/10 | Pete Thomas
    There was spirited celebration on the San Diego waterfront Monday morning after the vessel Vagabond returned from a long-range fishing trip into Mexican waters and offloaded the heaviest yellowfin tuna ever caught by an angler. The behemoth, landed by Mike Livingston of Sunland, Calif., weighed 405.2 pounds; it's girth was 61 inches and it measured nearly 86 inches from nose to tail. The catch, made on 100-pound-test line after nearly a three-hour fight, will be submitted to the International Game Fish Assn. for approval as an all-tackle world record. Capt. Mike Lackey said IGFA rules were followed so the catch...