Local man catches record tuna

bcklash · 04-02-11, 03:57 PM

I don't know this guy ( my bil does) but this is cool.

Elliston native plays role in record catch

My feature on today’s Outdoors page on The Roanoke Times was about the 805.5-pound North Carolina record bluefin tuna caught recently off the Outer Banks.
One of the key players in the catch was George Cecil (right), a native of Elliston who lives on the Outer Banks now and works as a fishing mate on The Sea Breeze with charter captain Ned Ashby (left).
Not to downplay the efforts of the guy who cranked this fish in and will now get his name in the record books, as that was 2 1/2 hours of serious work, but these two guys are the ones who made this record possible.
One of my co-workers just came by and said when he showed his son the story this morning the son thought it was an April Fool’s joke. No joke.
And, to answer the question I got from a reader earlier about what they did with this fish, it’s pretty simple: They ate it. Or, at least, are eating it. Cecil said they got about 500 pounds of meat off this giant. At $10 a pound (which is conservative), this is one offshore trip that was well worth the investment.

nofearengineer · 04-02-11, 04:15 PM

I hope it tastes good. It better, as they just flushed a ton of money down the drain haha.

If I landed that fish, I would have been on the horn INSTANTLY to a cold storage place and a good fish monger.

The Japanese would have paid a fortune for that thing if it graded out right.

MallenManson · 04-02-11, 08:18 PM

Wow! 500# of meat? That's a lot of tuna steaks!

bamabassman · 04-02-11, 09:17 PM

man...........dat ain't no chicken of the sea. could it be CHARLIE the TUNA?

Bender · 04-02-11, 11:48 PM

Holy Crap!!! That is a monster. The biggest one I have personally seen at Oregon Inlet was 187#, but that was years ago and I have only been there a couple times. I went out of there on a trip about 40 miles out but we didn't catch anything to brag about. I would like to try again.

04-02-11, 03:57 PM	#1
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	Local man catches record tuna I don't know this guy ( my bil does) but this is cool. Elliston native plays role in record catch My feature on today’s Outdoors page on The Roanoke Times was about the 805.5-pound North Carolina record bluefin tuna caught recently off the Outer Banks. One of the key players in the catch was George Cecil (right), a native of Elliston who lives on the Outer Banks now and works as a fishing mate on The Sea Breeze with charter captain Ned Ashby (left). Not to downplay the efforts of the guy who cranked this fish in and will now get his name in the record books, as that was 2 1/2 hours of serious work, but these two guys are the ones who made this record possible. One of my co-workers just came by and said when he showed his son the story this morning the son thought it was an April Fool’s joke. No joke. And, to answer the question I got from a reader earlier about what they did with this fish, it’s pretty simple: They ate it. Or, at least, are eating it. Cecil said they got about 500 pounds of meat off this giant. At $10 a pound (which is conservative), this is one offshore trip that was well worth the investment. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

04-02-11, 04:15 PM	#2
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	I hope it tastes good. It better, as they just flushed a ton of money down the drain haha. If I landed that fish, I would have been on the horn INSTANTLY to a cold storage place and a good fish monger. The Japanese would have paid a fortune for that thing if it graded out right. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

04-02-11, 08:18 PM	#3
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Wow! 500# of meat? That's a lot of tuna steaks! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

04-02-11, 09:17 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	man...........dat ain't no chicken of the sea. could it be CHARLIE the TUNA? __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-02-11, 11:48 PM	#5
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	Holy Crap!!! That is a monster. The biggest one I have personally seen at Oregon Inlet was 187#, but that was years ago and I have only been there a couple times. I went out of there on a trip about 40 miles out but we didn't catch anything to brag about. I would like to try again.

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