My brother and dad took me tuna fishing for my 40th birthday. I caught a 5 foot bluefin tuna (that's just the football/body and not counting the tail). It turned out that it was the biggest fish caught by the boat in its three years of fishing. The fish was so big that it couldn't fit in the large fish box in the aft of the boat (a good problem). It was a beautiful, sunny, mild day at sea. We saw so many whales that I stopped counting at 30. I suspect that we saw over 50 humpback and right whales. We saw them launch fully out of the water, celebrate feeding frenzies, and swim within feet of our boat. Words just can't describe the grander of it all. See the slideshow for more pictures.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuna Fishing
My brother and dad took me tuna fishing for my 40th birthday. I caught a 5 foot bluefin tuna (that's just the football/body and not counting the tail). It turned out that it was the biggest fish caught by the boat in its three years of fishing. The fish was so big that it couldn't fit in the large fish box in the aft of the boat (a good problem). It was a beautiful, sunny, mild day at sea. We saw so many whales that I stopped counting at 30. I suspect that we saw over 50 humpback and right whales. We saw them launch fully out of the water, celebrate feeding frenzies, and swim within feet of our boat. Words just can't describe the grander of it all. See the slideshow for more pictures.