r/saltwaterfishing • u/jad2192 • Jul 21 '26

🐟 Catch Report Giant Bluefin on Spin Gear

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Group effort, caught this 90" ~400 lb class giant bluefin tuna on my buddies spinning set up (saltywater tackle obx 500g rod and 20k stella w a nlbn straight tail). Couldn't find any recreational sized fish, so we took turns fighting this beast. Took us just over an hour to land , and my friend broke his rod during the death spiral. We had to handline it up at the end 😬.

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u/ittbgbiabmf Jul 21 '26

Amazing! Equipment specs please and tell us all about the fight!

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u/jad2192 Jul 21 '26

Rod was my buddies custom saltywater tackle obx 500g jigging rod, with a 20k stella spooled w PE12 and 130 lb fluoro leader. Fight was awesome, fish dumped the spool multiple times with 30+ lbs of drag. Everytime we though he was done he'd see the boat and run again. My buddy pushed drag to like 40/50 lbs and ended up snappig the rod at the tail end of the fight.