According to the British "Daily Mail" local time on April 3, an exhausted American captain told the story of five Texas crew members and 16 anglers fighting for two hours with a 676-pound (about 306 kilograms) bluefin tuna and finally pulling it on board, the captain particularly emphasized that the big fish halved his $1,000 (about 6,900 yuan), but considering that the big fish can be sold for about 950,000 yuan, these times and losses are worth it.
(Captain Tim Osterreich on the left)
The tired and proud captain was Tim Oestreich. On March 24, Captain Osterreich and his five-man fleet and 16 anglers boarded the Dolphin Express and set sail from the Hoover Diana field, 200 to 250 kilometers from the port of Aransas.
As soon as I went out to sea, I encountered strong winds and waves, and the waves reached two or three meters high, but the tuna still easily bit the hook.
Captain Osterreich said that just 10 minutes after throwing the bait into the water, he was bitten by a huge bluefin tuna, but the big fish immediately dived into the water and cut the line 700 meters away. The captain said that the speed of the big fish was extremely fast, and it only took about a minute for it to descend seven or eight hundred meters vertically
After 45 minutes, the crew brought the big fish back to their 30-meter-long fishing boat, but then the big fish immediately "flew" out.
The captain said that people can't chase a huge tuna directly in deep water, so you will have to fight it for hours, and you won't necessarily win.
Next, the fishing boat followed the big fish for about 4 kilometers, and when the big fish returned to the side of the boat, it jumped up and broke the rod in half. Captain Osterreich desperately grabbed the broken rod and dragged the fish for more than 10 meters before the last eight men went into battle to lift the tuna out of the water onto the boat.
Captain Osterreich told Houston news outlet Chron, that it took two hours to catch the bluefin tuna, and the price of the broken rod was $1,000.
Captain Osterreich's fishing boats run commercial "fishing" activities at Dolphin Wharf, where fishing enthusiasts can pay to get on board and participate in the fishing, each round of "fishing" takes 56 hours, and is nicknamed "Texas Safari" by fishing enthusiasts.
According to Osterreich, the Gulf of Mexico has strict rules for catching bluefin tuna, and each vessel is allowed to catch one, but in fact, it is not easy to catch one.
On the March 24 trip, the anglers on the dolphin speedboat caught 3 yellowtail tuna and 11 wahu fish in addition to bluefin tuna, but the other harvest was less exciting than bluefin tuna.
This is because bluefin tuna is known as the most expensive tuna in the world, and the 676-pound fish can cost up to 950,000 yuan. According to Chron, Captain Osterreich brought the big fish back to the dock and distributed the slices to the customers, and everyone was happy.
Bluefin tuna is a huge, extremely fast, and amazingly durable predatory fish that can live up to 40 years old, grow to 10 feet (about 3 meters), weigh up to 1500 pounds (about 680 kilograms), and feed mainly on fish (such as sardines, bluefish, mackerel, etc.), squid, and crustaceans, and are the top predators in the marine food chain.
Bluefin tuna is a sought-after delicacy in Japanese sushi restaurants, especially for their fatty belly (also known as "big tune"), so it is in high demand in Asia, the United States and Europe. Due to overfishing and illegal fishing, bluefin tuna populations have plummeted and are at risk of extinction.
Just days after the dolphin speedboat caught bluefin tuna, another fishing boat in the port of Aransas caught a 750-pound (340-kilogram) bluefin tuna worth 1.05 million yuan.
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL, BING
Editor: Zhang Xiao