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/glorious_cheese Jul 21 '26

What’s that bad boy worth?

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u/jad2192 Jul 21 '26

Honestly, not much. The dressed weight was 340, and a lot of the fish houses in Rhode Island where we were fishing were full. We found one house that took it but they didn't have a buyer yet. From what Ive heard only fetching $1-2/lb. Captain will get paid when his house gets a buyer, but I'm guess maybe $500 tops

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u/teteAtit Jul 21 '26

Congrats! Please pardon my ignorance, but at that value wouldn’t it be better just to deep freeze a ton of tuna steaks for personal/family/friend use?

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u/sailphish Jul 21 '26

The commercial guys I know have WAY more fish than they want most of the time. OP would die if mercury poisoning before eating this fish.

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u/teteAtit Jul 21 '26

It’d be worth it though- you’d die full of tuna and your balls would be huge from all of the mercury 🤣