BLUEFIN TUNA WR!

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For those of you familiar with the story below, I can confirm that as of today Pete's fish is the current All Tackle and 37kg World and New Zealand Northern Bluefin Tuna record!

On belhalf of the Manukau Sport Fishing Club a BIG CONGRATS and WELL DONE PETE!!....

has been along time coming and just shows ya that all the hard work you guys put into the capture and the effort we put into the record claim all payed off!!....choice!!!




"GAINT WEST COAST BLUEFIN LANDED -

18 September 2000
Huia angler, Peter Jackson caught a massive 2.3 metre, 198kg bluefin tuna off the West Coast on Sunday night, the 17th of September. The crew was setting up for a broadbill drift in idillic conditions off the Kaipara trench when the big fish hit at around 8pm. It took a large english slimey mackerel rigged on 37kg line and kept the crew guesing as to what it was due to the unusual power and speed of its initial run. The big fish towed the 237 Billfisher; the crew was fishing from, for 3 hours before finally being subdued.

There is some confusion as to whether it is a southern or northern bluefin so the extent of the capture will not be made clear until the species classification is confirmed. If ratified as a southern bluefin it will smash the existing 37kg national record set back in 1984 by a 138kg East Coast fish. However, it still falls 100kg short of the national all tackle record set back in 1970 from Mayor Island.

If it is confirmed as a much rarer northern bluefin, it will set the benchmark as no records exist for the species within the NZ Big Game Fishing Council.

Whatever the scientists say, it�s one hell of a fish and any crew that makes the effort to get out and actively target broadbill and other large pelargics, deserve their just rewards. Well done Peter!"
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Am I the only one who thinks this is pretty bloody awesome??......this is a WORLD RECORD damn it!!...
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Yeah I think it is pretty awesome too. In fact that picture has been on display at my workplace since it appeared in the Herald a year or so ago. I guess we were all just lost for words :)
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Nope......It's a grand effort indeed a a fish of a lifetime.

Reminds me of some of the B&W Tuna pics in Zane Grey's Tales of Swordfish and Tuna.

I think that the Pic speaks volumes for itself.!!!, rather than replies per se.

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...I thought as much!

Cheers Fellas...this is such a good event to happen to Angler, Crew, Club and the promotion of New Zealand's fisherey as a whole!

I just wonder how many "fish of a lifetime" are being taken from our waters on a daily basis?
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Originally posted by Kerren Kerren wrote:

For those of you familiar with the story below, I can confirm that as of today Pete's fish is the current All Tackle and 37kg World and New Zealand Northern Bluefin Tuna record!



On belhalf of the Manukau Sport Fishing Club a BIG CONGRATS and WELL DONE PETE!!....



has been along time coming and just shows ya that all the hard work you guys put into the capture and the effort we put into the record claim all payed off!!....choice!!!




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"GAINT WEST COAST BLUEFIN LANDED -



18 September 2000

Huia angler, Peter Jackson caught a massive 2.3 metre, 198kg bluefin tuna off the West Coast on Sunday night, the 17th of September. The crew was setting up for a broadbill drift in idillic conditions off the Kaipara trench when the big fish hit at around 8pm. It took a large english slimey mackerel rigged on 37kg line and kept the crew guesing as to what it was due to the unusual power and speed of its initial run. The big fish towed the 237 Billfisher; the crew was fishing from, for 3 hours before finally being subdued.



There is some confusion as to whether it is a southern or northern bluefin so the extent of the capture will not be made clear until the species classification is confirmed. If ratified as a southern bluefin it will smash the existing 37kg national record set back in 1984 by a 138kg East Coast fish. However, it still falls 100kg short of the national all tackle record set back in 1970 from Mayor Island.



If it is confirmed as a much rarer northern bluefin, it will set the benchmark as no records exist for the species within the NZ Big Game Fishing Council.



Whatever the scientists say, it�s one hell of a fish and any crew that makes the effort to get out and actively target broadbill and other large pelargics, deserve their just rewards. Well done Peter!"


Just trawling some old stuff , this is still cool as it was back then.😎
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Pete is a tin arse 😂
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