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432.4-pound Yellowfin Tuna a New World Record?

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Could this be the next world record for yellowfin?

This 90×62-inch yellowfin tuna was taken taken by Ron Tegland out of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and weighed nearly 30 pounds more than the current world record! We’ll have to see what develops with this story in the near future. Regardless of the outcome, that is one massive tuna!!

Read the whole story at my former longtime employers and good friends: WESTERN OUTDOOR NEWS

Mexican Salmon!?!?!?

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Who's up for some pink meat fish tacos?


Every once in a while, boats off San Diego will catch a salmon or two. Even less frequently, there’s one caught south of the border. Then, you’ve got Thomas D. Bryant, the great Mexican salmon slayer. He caught this hatchery coho while fishing off a jetty 72 KM south of the U.S. Border. And get this…it’s his second one!

This fish was a loooong way from home, too — especially when you consider that California uses maxillary clips — not adipose clips — on coho. Seeing that this chromer is missing his adipose fin, it was at least from an Oregon hatchery…and, who knows…maybe even further north than that! Read the entire story on BLOODY DECKS

Several still missing after charter boat accident in Mexico

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The ERIK capsized over the July 4th Weekend in the Sea of Cortez and several people are still missing.

Mexican and U.S. search teams continue looking for “between five and seven people” missing in the capsizing of the charter fishing boat Erik over the weekend in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California Gov. Jose Guadalupe Osuna said.

A total of 35 people – 18 tourists and 17 crew members – have been rescued since the shipwreck off San Luis, an island in Baja California, which is in northwestern Mexico.

One person, Leslie Lee, died in the shipwreck, the governor said, without releasing the victim’s nationality.

Read the the whole story HERE

Baja Beach Fishing?

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JD, my wife and I are headed for Baja’s East Cape next month for a little vacation. While it’s possible I’ll get out on a panga one day, this really is more of a relaxation trip, not a fishing trip. However, when the wife’s getting a tan, is there any shore casting I can do off the beach?

Thanks, Terry M.

Yes!!Beach fishing down there is awesome! I’m not sure if the roosterfish bite is happening at the moment, but if you don’t mind just catching “stuff,” you’ll have a blast! All kinds of critters cruise the beach (especially in the mornings) and you can go too wrong with tossing iron like Kastmasters and Krocodiles or soft plastics like Fish Traps. Take a few wire leaders with you in case you run across some sierra.