Confirmed KILL MHC

[Custom Canvas]

NO details but i just got a text with photo of the second Blue fin that i know of ....
not a monster but a nice fish non the less....

Pretty work Capt.

[WAHOONBOX]

CONGRATS TO THE CREW.....


I AM A BIT SPEECHLESS AT THE MERE TWO 7.5 LB BAGS OF ICE ON THE FISH ...IS THAT ALL IT TAKES TO LOWER THE CORE TEMP TO THE DESIRED NUMBER? DOESN'T MATTER THOUGH, HE WILL PROBABLY GET 35 A LB....

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO TUNA FISHING WHO SHOVELS SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS PER TRIP?

[PurpleGold]

Congrats on the early fish, hopefully some more will hit the dock today.

[Custom Canvas]

CONGRATS TO THE CREW.....


I AM A BIT SPEECHLESS AT THE MERE TWO 7.5 LB BAGS OF ICE ON THE FISH ...IS THAT ALL IT TAKES TO LOWER THE CORE TEMP TO THE DESIRED NUMBER? DOESN'T MATTER THOUGH, HE WILL PROBABLY GET 35 A LB....

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO TUNA FISHING WHO SHOVELS SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS PER TRIP?

NOT SURE THAT THEY WERE FULLY PREPED FOR CATCHING A FISH...

BUT THE CAPT HAS SOLD MANY FISHES AND KNOWS WHATS UP BUT IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE ICE

[codfishshark]

CONGRATS TO THE CREW.....


I AM A BIT SPEECHLESS AT THE MERE TWO 7.5 LB BAGS OF ICE ON THE FISH ...IS THAT ALL IT TAKES TO LOWER THE CORE TEMP TO THE DESIRED NUMBER? DOESN'T MATTER THOUGH, HE WILL PROBABLY GET 35 A LB....

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO TUNA FISHING WHO SHOVELS SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS PER TRIP?

Box I usually go with 2000lbs of ice each trip for 3 fish seems to work well. Use about 600lbs per fish fill the core and fill the bag completely around the fish.

[WAHOONBOX]

Box I usually go with 2000lbs of ice each trip for 3 fish seems to work well. Use about 600lbs per fish fill the core and fill the bag completely around the fish.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR BRO! NO EXCUSES WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF THESE HARD TO FIND FISH.

AND I HAVE DONE THIS ON A 23 FTER AND I CARRIED THE ICE...AND PLENTY OF IT.

C'MON GUYS....IF YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN THEN BE ONE.

[Capt. Jon Tennant]

and then again I've seen fish brought in untouched, ungutted, un-iced and get paid more than well prepped fish caught the same day..... it kind of makes you wonder don't it. Unless I'm going stay out and keep fishing, all my fish get is gutted and ice in the cavity, then covered with a wet towel for the 45min. to an hour ride to the dock. I really don't think you can lower the core temp 1 degree in forty five minutes if you were to bury him in ice.... matter a fact, the last double we had, we only had enough ice for one fish... one fish iced and prepped and one un-iced and prepped and there was less than a 1/2 degree difference between the two when Jason took their temps. now if your going stay for a few more hours that's another story, but I'm grateful to get just one, so it would not bother me at all to throw in the towel and head for the barn. In my opinion and experience, it's much more important to swim the fish, get it bleed well, and get it to the dock as quick as possible...

[Fins&Feathers]

Is that a 50 or 80 size reel in the pic?

[Old Salty]

Hi,

From looking at the pic., that reel appears to be an 80 class??

Old Salty
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[BeaufortTuna]

In my opinion and experience, it's much more important to swim the fish, get it bleed well, and get it to the dock as quick as possible...

I find this to be the most important factor in the quality of the meat. No matter how you care for it, you can't increase the fat content but getting them to the dock quickly really helps. It seems to me the earlier in the AM i receive a fish at the dock the higher the price. It doesnt always work this way but it is definitely something that I have noticed.

Every fish is different physiologically and even if the temp is the same of two fish, caught the same time but iced differently doesnt mean the ice didnt help. It could possibly mean the one that was iced might have been a few degrees hotter if it wasnt iced. How the fish died has an impact as well. If he dies very excited with alot of lactic acid in him still, he will be difficult to get the quality we want no matter how much you ice him.

It just seems a fish that is laying on the deck for many hours just don't seem to do as well as those I receive that haven't had as much deck time. But if the bite is decent you got to do what you got to do to get another. And that is where having 500-1000lbs of ice helps. The trouble is most fish iced on a deck of a boat have trouble keeping the ice on top of the fish as gravity takes over. Unfortunately the top of the fish is what is looked at for grading the fish at auction in Japan. The way I have always looked at it is if you can see any part of your fish it is not iced properly.