Current Events > Shark helps fisherman catch a giant tuna that's even bigger than your mom

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An angler in Southern California got a little help from an unlikely source.

Mark Lawler, 49, was on a two-day fishing excursion off the coast of Newport Beach when he managed to reel in one of the biggest bluefin tuna ever caught in the state thanks in part to a shark.

Lawler was aboard the Thunderbird, out of Newport Landing, when he hooked the 313.6-pound bluefin tuna, which, according to a Facebook post by Thunderbird Fishing Co, was the largest tuna ever landed on the boat.

Lawler, who was using a balloon to float a flying fish to attract the tuna, told USA Today's For the Win that all of a sudden, the water splashed everywhere, [and] the fish flies out of the water.

The angler began to struggle with the giant fish, which he could see about 60 to 70 feet down in the water. That shark probably cut a half an hour of time [off the fight]." Mark Lawler

However, the battle came to a quick end after 30 minutes, when a shark bit the tail off the tuna and chased it to the ocean's surface.

The deckhand looks over and sees this giant head flying toward the boat coming straight up, so he ran and got a gaff and came back and there was a shark chasing it all the way up. This thing looked monstrous, Lawler told For the Win.

The fisherman gave a conservative estimate to the giant catch 313.6 pounds, 56 inches (around) and 80 inches long but believed that measurement would have been longer if the tail had not been eaten by the shark.

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the current record-holder for bluefin tuna is Kevin Scully, who hooked a 269-pound, 11-ounce fish in San Diego County in 2016, while the current lure record-holder for bluefin tuna is John Correia, who reeled in a 245-pound tuna in San Diego County, also in 2016.

A 345.5-pound fish was also reportedly caught off the coast of San Clemente in 2017 by Joe Roder, which would smash the official California state record, although it was never officially confirmed.

Full Article: https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/california-fisherman-313-pound-bluefin-tuna-shark
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That's a big fishy
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Not hard to be bigger than a shrimp >_>
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UnfairRepresent posted...

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the current record-holder for bluefin tuna is Kevin Scully, who hooked a 269-pound, 11-ounce fish in San Diego County in 2016, while the current lure record-holder for bluefin tuna is John Correia, who reeled in a 245-pound tuna in San Diego County, also in 2016.

Irrelevant thats definitely an albacore not a Aku/bluefin. Also fairly certain ahi/aku cant be found in Atlantic Ocean.

L0Z posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the current record-holder for bluefin tuna is Kevin Scully, who hooked a 269-pound, 11-ounce fish in San Diego County in 2016, while the current lure record-holder for bluefin tuna is John Correia, who reeled in a 245-pound tuna in San Diego County, also in 2016.

Irrelevant thats definitely an albacore not a Aku/bluefin. Also fairly certain ahi/aku cant be found in Atlantic Ocean.

you're certain are you?
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do you like fish sticks, tc?
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who cares sharks are among the dumbest creatures living on the planet

CharlesBronson posted...

who cares sharks are among the dumbest creatures living on the planet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qi39aL3RSE

I'm thinkin' about your mother to a funky beat
I went to your house, and she licked me on the cheek
I said: Excuse me, lady, but I remember
Seeing you at the Palladium way back in September
'Cause you was beatboxin' for Lou Rawls
In some bright red boxer drawers

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PBusted posted...

CharlesBronson posted...

who cares sharks are among the dumbest creatures living on the planet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qi39aL3RSE

Thats not a hug
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Fish are too dumb to feel pain

The "bigger than your mom" in the thread title killed me. I laughed.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

PBusted posted...

CharlesBronson posted...

who cares sharks are among the dumbest creatures living on the planet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qi39aL3RSE

Thats not a hug

About as much as you can give to a shark

*continues laughing like Jake The Snake in his trainwreck appearance on a 2005 edition of Monday Night RAW*
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...

*continues laughing like Jake The Snake in his trainwreck appearance on a 2005 edition of Monday Night RAW*

wat
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Shotgunnova posted...

I'm thinkin' about your mother to a funky beat
I went to your house, and she licked me on the cheek
I said: Excuse me, lady, but I remember
Seeing you at the Palladium way back in September
'Cause you was beatboxin' for Lou Rawls
In some bright red boxer drawers

Ya mom is so fat (How fat is she?)
We rode up on her back to get some burgers from Wendy's
And her skates went flat, I got stuck in her butt crack
They thought I was lost but I was caught by the G-strap
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...

*continues laughing like Jake The Snake in his trainwreck appearance on a 2005 edition of Monday Night RAW*

Is wwe_propaganda your alt?
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That fish makes a lot of good tasty sushi

PFFFFT my Mom would wreck that shrimpy ass tuna. She didnt earn the nickname Tsunami Mommy for nothing.

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