248Kg Bluefin Tuna off Coast of New Zealand

[V3T3RANpRoX]

fuck me theyre big, congrats :D

[ONEMAN2GURLZONECUP]

Caught by line reel and alot of hard work not by net with a push of a button all haters should shut the fuck up not every day you catch a fish like this I caught my first one two years ago a 16hr fight 287kg and probably never will catch another one so good on u mate nice catch greymouth yayahh chur

[impallious]

holy fuck

[avau77]

new zealanders are far from being a player in sealife depletion..fish is a very small part of our diet as a country compared to asian and middle east, southeast asia,south america,alaska,canada and manymany other countrys, why do you think many of those countrys are poaching our seas....wake up. now if we take the od bull(blue fin) from the sea keep this comment in your head...

[demonliberal]

@avau77 That's the old last-tree-on-the-island argument. It may be only one fish that's caught here, but it's still part of the problem: the unsustainable overfishing of this species. That's one less bluefish tuna in the ocean, one less breeding adult, one less link in the foodchain. The fact that industrial fishers are much worse offenders doesn't excuse irresponsible attitudes to New Zealand's oceans and their wildlife. 

[avau77]

@demonliberal lol..how the heck do you come up with comparing easter island to what i posted has lost me! but if other countrys stayed out of our waters (nz) we would have far more than we could harvest!! even if we were twice as big!! we in new zealand practise sustaining our sea life, it is our culture todo so!

[Nucleariasi]

I see a whale not a tuna...

[brdll87]

murderer

[elenaviala]

pobre pez!!

[julian19661972]

INCREIBLE......CUANTAS LATILLAS DE ATUN JAJAJAJAJ.ENHORABUENA.

[chrisscotch]

wow i wonder how much that would fetch in Japan

[Tadixlife]

holy shit it's huge!@#

[robbieropes]

nice catch mate. i bet the water levels dropped a couple of feet after you landed it, lol.. what a friggin monster!! mate for get the clowns out there who a haters!! its not as if you decide what take your bait!!! jealous pricks

[macnahamic]

I love tuuuuna

[ThoseLilKids]

Congratulations on the wonderful catch. All youtube haterz fuck off. Finders keepers mate

[firstblastb]

Our oceans are dying, and you guys are cheering.... your grand children will be ashamed that catching a endangered species was your sport. This video is another nail in New Zealands environmental future.

[misciomichel]

So capace pure io hahahahahah vbb bravi cmq....

[CDogg74]

Bastards, cunts like you will have the stocks of these beautiful animals zeroed in no time at all.

[MrOkletsgonow]

@CDogg74 The prblem lies in commercial fishing

[FishingNComedy]

tuna bellys are Always BIG And FAT

[mccoyne33]

Bluefins will be gone in 20 years -think sustainably

[groffel123]

Nice fish.....

[ASHMACDADDY]

thats a biggun

[harris1001]

taht is huge!!

[BABADiRT]

Thats Massive aha.

[Loganthewilde]

ive been looking for a tuna vid on here for a whilenow and there all sad and tiny or end up losing the fish this one is a REAL fish holy crap

[kenho3j0k3r]

god dam thats a big as tuna

[bjjforme]

da fish wasnt movin cuz thay hooked its gill and that made it die

[kahnival]

no because the bloody thing was buggered...

[negrettobono]

how come he wasen't moving o splapping his tail?

[thuglife88888]

because he just been fighting for his life for the last two hours straight...

[Zaven55]

woah, id fuck'in sell that shit, if only you were in japan you'd be roll'in in cash BIATCH!

[mstacka99]

awesome BFT well done guys.

[neverdie987]

tuna sandwish for 100.000.000year

[TouchMyWeenis]

learn to spell

[joe111178]

tuna sandwhiches for a year!

[TouchMyWeenis]

learn to spell

[hbunnie1120]

Tuna salid for a year!

[drumstokjes]

Why you guys always kill it? Just putt it back in the sea!

[luca680]

good

[DrLurch]

That year about 40 where caught from this boat only 5 were killed the rest were tagged. 10 of them were tagged with satellite tracking tags.

the results are on the web site - tag a giant.

[VIDEOZAL]

how much does this fish cost? around 4000K ?

[eqsmooth]

@drumstokjes Because it is big enough and legal enough to eat. Have you ever heard of SUSHI? Most anglers catch and release. Some deserve a meal. That was enough food for 60 people. About $30,000 dollars worth of prime sashimi. Anglers like this don't decimate the supply. The commercial fishermen do.

[pitypop250]

whoa that is some fish!

[hektoram]

that would be alot good sushi :D

[schubertlauren]

Wow Nice Fish!

Yours Arms Must Have Been Killing After That

[tiagra1989]

congratulations on the fish, and im sorry for all the negative comments you got from all the wankers on youtube. The fish was not wasted, its not like it was killed to be mounted or anything.

[kmherpplrule]

no kidding donkiemon...no joke

[dunkiemon]

Google this headline, "Premium tuna fetches $100,000 in Tokyo auction"

I am sure it's an exception but $50,000 is a reasonable price for for most tuna that size in Tokyo. I am not gonna bring my price down any lower. Take it or leave it LOL

[dunkiemon]

In Japan a fish like that will fetch $100,000

[pooalley]

we exported one 334kg in ex condition for far less. wish u were right.

this fish looks a third of the size im calling bullshit on the weight. 120- 130kg tops, gills and guts.

[impmaster2]

omg huge fish would of loved to of cleaned that fish would of had a field day with it its bones inside has to be well over a inch thick

[cchimerc]

Great work boys!

[watson24hr7daysaweek]

mint as

[selcukaym]

bavvv zorluymuş lan

[MosiekPoland]

Holy creb =X

[Hondas2kvtec]

good on ya mate!!! Honda is the best:)

[AdvanXer]

Give me a knife and some wasabi and soy sauce. I'll eat it right there.

[jikininki1]

that could feed me for a few months

[bla7091]

It could last me a lifetime lol

[chaos11234]

AND THEYRE RICH!

damn that must taste good, great sashimi

[Dalsepher916]

Kill the adults, save the baby's!

[pellnase]

bluefin overfished??? stick to the rules and dont kill the babys

in canada they no how to play the game

have look tunaxxl com ,1000 lbs and geting bigger............

[1SaltySeadog]

the problem is the southern bluefin come down from the south indian ocean and around the west of aussie and they go out there with there big fuk off sane nets and slay the young ones and we here generaly only get the adults come here...fukin aussies

[smileyj582]

go fuck a sheep fish

[thehegt]

that is a lot of sushi

[Suzukidownunder]

hey blando3, you comments are true but there probalby better of directed at the true source of the problem which is illegel fishing. these guys might catch 4 fish in a year if there lucky, and even then as you heard in the clip a lot just get a tag and then are released. stop buyin tuna in your sushi if you wanna make a diffrence mate

[classiccafe1]

good job nice fish,that guy who was grabbing the leader was lucky he didn't lose a finger when the fish ran time for Sashimi

[blando3]

Bluefin are one of the most overfished animals in the sea, and are on the verge of extinction in many areas. I hope you feel good about killing one.

[ahmadillomon]

OMFG mutated XD

[ryuayan]

awesome sushi!

[PatrioT884]

awsome fish, biggest tuna ive eva seen, great clip guys.

[aus2045]

Hey dats a choice fish there cuzy bro!

[Dario91scoppiati]

e una cosa mostruosa complimenti..

[eddiehoneywell333]

Thats the biggest tuna i have ever seen.

You caught the Alpha-Tuna

[stefcam123]

great tuna steaks how long did it take you to reel it in

[TheFannyPackGuy]

dude, a fish like thats, probably worth more than $100 000

[4kingelle]

holy shit i didnt think tuna grew that big it was a fuckin monster

[1z1q]

i can hear the japs now... oooohhh danielson you sell... we buy for 50,000 dolla

[mgdurandolo]

Good on 'ya for eatin'it!! Was the flesh any different than that of a smaller tuna?

[Scampi1804]

Holy Crap

That Is A Fish Worthy Of Being Called A Monstrosity.

[greatian1]

Most/if not all, charter captains claim and keep fish like this caught by people and sell it for BIG money.

[DrLurch]

this one was eaten

[Zomgshow]

loool u wasted ur monies!

[gixxerich]

nice

[thatsbollox]

Top fush mate...lund us fufty sunts for a bus fare eh bro

[spire334]

ha thats nothing

[spire334]

that was nothing try catching 600 pound grouper then come talk to me

[TehMangoMan]

248 kg = 629 pounds.

You lose.

[stephenswickedcool]

dam, must've made over 30 grand for that one.

[outofthefire00]

good shit...but i have caught em bigger in my kayak

[beautyanthebeach]

nice fish. ive been tuna hunting off port stevens 150-250nm east and caught plenty of bluefin at that size and bigeye two.next time will send you some footage.

[Bigmanghs03]

Dinner Is served!! Freaking Sweet

[flashgunfilms]

I have just finished a short film about the Portugese Tuna Industry - their version of the Matanza was the Almadrava (a net trap). The film shows the original footage of the fish (15 foot) huge compared to this but now the tuna industry has died in Tavira. Click on my ID now or type "Giant Tuna Run - Tavira Portugal"

[charlieperrault]

but its thrue ...worst of the worst is

Japaneese: Exceed quotas by 3-4 times for tuna fishing( bluefin tuna), they are killing a lot of whale for sushi( they say its for ``scientific research``)

Chineese: Kill around 100 million of shark every year for what?? Shark fin soup...

[doddlesock]

another fashion victim

[Atriples]

What's a fash.

Jk

[Atriples]

What's a fash.

Jk

[Ryzon28]

lmao if ur impressed by this.....? i reckon if ur not ur a flippin idiot :)) wicked stuff man....lucky buggers.

[slashaxlrose1]

Sorry for my bad english, im learning. Its my first time in new zealand, and im in christchurch. Where can i go to fish? Is there some place close to here? thanks for the attention!

[caxcabr]

last blue fin auctioned in japan went for somehwere arround to 200 thousand dollars... thats some tasty bitch tuna

[msdnvp]

sad but, we still eat

[templeville]

wicked video great catch what coast is that off

[DrLurch]

West coast of the south Island (greymouth)

[elitesuperhaxor]

if your impressed by this, go watch the national geographic clip on blue fin tuna, a group of italians hand fish thousands of em.

[carraharris]

It depends on the quality of the fish.

[michael2B]

Tuna DOES NOT give you B.O. but if you have eaten it then you know it does smell.

[ronkvogel]

what would this fish sell for? I believe its worth 10K $ ? anyone?

[jp1268]

fuk off he ate it it woulda tasted like shit

[lalozorrillo]

wow lol

[exupstreetfighter]

Most tuna this size will be close to dead after a fight like this.

They fight untill they are fucked.

Often they will have a heart attack at the boat. Something about the exertion followed by the drop in oxygen intake due to no water flowing through the gills. This fish would probably have died anyway.

[itstheducksguts]

Persona's don't round up school's of any fuk'n tuna they can get thier sights on? LOL open your eyes. Congrat's on a nice fish!!

[BanTheBombPEACE]

coomercial fisherman dont take many tuna at all they are normally a bycatch when fishing for hoki

[fisherballs]

Recreational guys taking one fish (if they're lucky) is not the problem, it's the commercial guys killing 100/1000's at a time that will make these great fish extinct. Giant Bluefin Tuna are like the Lion of the ocean, yet goverments let them be slaughtered by huge numbers. They simply cannot repopulate quick ebnough to regenerate the huge loss...

[Nitsujaru]

I don't see the big deal with keeping this fish. I seriously doubt that the fish will be "unseen" in ten years. Big Ocean, lots of fish... lol. I fish catch and release 95% percent of the time as well but I definitely think that he was entitled to keep that fish...

[Osgoodisgod]

A fisherman would have released it.

[caneywaney]

Bullshit. A fisherman would have eaten it. being he earned it.

[0033jorge]

god danm

[gbop63]

that fish is about 14 years old and they snuffed it out in probably 2 hours. Two words: CATCH & RELEASE.

[wannaseesumfun]

An easy way to find out how old it is would be to cut its head off and count the rings.

[caneywaney]

Bullshit. He earned it

[Osgoodisgod]

Yeah right, HE ate it.

[scoldymcscold]

you sir, are an idiot. Most tuna don't EVER come close to living to 14 years. Do some research before you post garbage like this.

[headstack]

@scoldymcscold Actually, "Sir", the average reliable lifespan of the GBFT is 20 years and the low and high range is 15-30 years.

This fish however I do not believe is 14 years old.

They grow much faster than that once they put a bit of weight on them and can really begin pounding down the chow.

Great to hear you folks ate it Captain!

I think sharing a catch like that among friends and your community is far more worthy of a big fish's taking.

We now only keep what we can eat and sell none as well

[allandonovan]

you can get 70 dollars a pound for tuna. that fish is worth a lot!

[recidivists]

There are entire areas of ocean (especially off of Western Africa, because of selling the fishing rights to foreign RAPERS) that are entirely devoid of large pelagic species. This fish will be unheard of in 10 years.

[ITSEJAM2007]

amizing cath big sushi jeje

[portugesecracker]

thats a big fish....yea....

[GuitarsRule08]

thats the biggest tuna ive ever seen

[Flintknappingtips]

Unbelievable catch!!! Small, my @ss!

[liltwang]

holyy shit..that dwarfes my 15kg one lmao

[Moviebro]

Sashimi and fillet! Yum Yum Nice catch.

[kritspoherson]

I'm no vegetarian or bleeding heart liberl but it's always a little sad to see the big boys go, in 10-15 years there will be too many mouths to feed.

[yippieperm3]

wow not rly a 1000lb tuna will get u $25,000

[starsgorki]

incredible fish, well done!

[beterbocex]

ohh my goodd :)

[leetdragon]

how much would you get for one of those

[TobyIstKuhl]

This one is a not a baby, but not even close to full grown. Full grown ones are over 600 kgs. The reason they do not get that big is because they are worth so much, and are being way overfished and cannot repopulate. To directly answer your question, bluefin, sell for upwards of 70-95 US dollars a pound.

[mcbong10]

OMG thats big tuna,it can cost around 80,000 dollars or more in japan.Japs are craxy tuna sashimi eaters.

[leetdragon]

Thats tonites dinner sorted out... And the next and the next .. and so on

[weap10]

Nice one fellas, good vid

[slothybird]

must be a nice work out for everyone of them on board i guess

[datroof18]

NOW THAT'S A FISH!! Repeat after me class, can you say "Tuna Steaks for the next Three Weeks!!!". Awesome. Congrats!

[maslan61]

bu ne be böyle

[HITER55]

did u call john west tell him u got a years supply

[elixier22]

how boring

[KingOfCarrotflowers]

Beautiful. Just beautiful. I wish I had the patience for such a catch.

[jogbjogb]

Omg! What a fantastic tuna! Amazing - just amazing!

[DawgBone]

the funny thing is...that's actually a small bluefin...great job guys...good call on the leaderman dropping the leader when he did...sucks getting pulled OB by a volkwagen

[DrLurch]

I dont Knowe if i would call it "small", but they do get bigger

During last year They lost one around 400kgs

[jininn]

I heard these fish can sell for more than USD$100,000! Did you guys had it shipped to Japan??

[DrLurch]

No it was Eaten

[zip2155]

awesome!!! where was that caught

[DrLurch]

Greymouth New Zealand

[Itchycoight]

Best i have ever done is a 5kg yellowbelly

[LAYZIEfrm818]

holy shit

[ibchu1688]

awesome fish

[sonicvybe]

that is a lot of sushi...lol

[juggler266]

thatsa nice one =D

[callofktulu68]

omg. what bait/lure did u use, and what pund test?

nice catch!

[DrLurch]

Hoki as Bait and 60kg test

[callofktulu68]

k. thanks for the response

[nao55akita]

OMG 10000000yen

[industrialsplice]

Thats a big fucking tuna!!!!

[mcbigg]

Thats a lot of sushi!

[bigbadlove777]

i guess every1 will eat now!

[Affenbrotbaum]

OMG

[VtecRacer4]

DAMN