Who has caught the biggest bluefin tuna in North Carolina waters this year? That honor is being passed back and forth between fishermen from Morehead City and Southport, but since Jan. 20, it has belonged to three Morehead City anglers who landed a 1,045-pound fish that day. […]
In the past few weeks, the bluefin tuna bite, which has been somewhat scarce south of Morehead City in recent years, finally showed up in the Lower Cape Fear region. Anglers Austin Eubank and Clint Richardson caught four tuna that all measured over 73 inches in a week. […]
Partnering to catch bluefin tuna for 2017, Tommy Adkins and his first mate, Stephen Lilly are having an outstanding season. After catching a doubleheader the first week of January, they hauled in a 106-inch beast on Jan. 11 that was estimated to weigh more than 800 pounds before being beheaded and gutted — and still weighing 626. […]
There had been talk, rumors and rumblings of bluefin tuna around Frying Pan Shoals and Cape Fear for a while, but when Capt. John “QB” Quattlebaum and his crew on QB’s Sea Witch brought an 84-inch, 308 pounder to the dock on January 16, all the speculation quickly turned to fact. […]
I once caught a bluefin tuna in the 200- to 300-pound range, so I’m familiar with near-death experiences. […]
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