Fishing Report for Dec 29th - 285 Lb. Yellowfin Tuna!!!

Today Jerry and his crew went out for some sailfish but managed to hook up to a whopper of a yellowfin tuna. Babs worked the fish for about 45 minutes but it was Jerry's son "Cowboy" who 3 hours later wrestled the monster to the boat where mate Marco and Capt. Jose stuck it with the flying gaff. An hour later we met them at the dock and took this photo. The photo simply does not do the fish justice. It was 83 inches long and 52 inches in girth. That's 285 pounds of pure tuna!!! Frenzy strikes again...

So what do I usually do with fresh tuna? Yep, we took it to our favorite waterfront restaurant in Quepos, El Gran Escape, where we feasted on sashimi appetizers and grilled tuna for our main course. As usual the chefs at El Gran Escape came through for us. Nice work guys! Leftovers will be turned into tuna salad by Willy's wife Jaime.

Come on down there are many more swimming where this one was caught!

Tomorrow I am taking my boys down to Dominical for some rooster fish action. They will have to be mighty luck to beat the house record of 70 pounds set by their sister Charlotte last spring.


Jamie