Jim Muhlenberg's first tuna . . . 156 LBS!!!!!

LadyAngler · 09-27-2005, 12:01 PM

Capt. John from Caveman Sportfishing wanted to make sure to give kudos to Jim Muhlenberg (18 yrs old) from his trip last week. We showed under another thread that they brought in a nice 156 lb BFT, but forgot to mention that it was Jim's first tuna trip and first tuna! Way to go Jim!

paul708 · 09-27-2005, 12:22 PM

nice fish,what a way to start.

John Rogers · 09-27-2005, 01:20 PM

Congrats to him. Hope he doesn't think all his tuna are going to be that big

Bet hes going to be hooked for life

jbones11 · 09-27-2005, 06:22 PM

Congrats!! Not a bad way to pop your cherry...we should all start out with a big girl like that. Way to go.

Lunchman · 09-27-2005, 07:51 PM

Thats a great first tuna,he'll be trying to beat that one for a while.
Congrats Jim

Grumpea · 09-27-2005, 08:10 PM

Nice job. Hell of a way to get started. Keep up the good work.

BrothaBob · 09-27-2005, 10:10 PM

Nice catch....hopefully tomorrow I'll get my first as well!!!

Caveman Sportfishing · 09-27-2005, 11:50 PM

Just a few years back we had fish like this one and even bigger on almost all our trips in July, August and part of September. I have lots of photo's of bluefin between 90-175 lbs plus caught chunking at the finger above Massey's,The Hambone and The Notch just North of the Hot Dog. Some of us charter guys actually tried to avoid these slubs because to many of our charters just could not handle these fish stand-up. I took 4 brand new Penn 50 wides back to Penn twice in one summer because the drags would not hold
up to these size BFT. This was all before any one chased scallop boats and we never went to the canyons until after Labor Day. If Jim's father brings him down to Morehead City, NC this winter and fishes with us for GBT he will consider this fish nothing more than a warm-up or practice fish. A 400-600lb GBT with a attitude will pull many times harder than a pup of 156 lbs. Congradulations James and hope to see you and your family this winter now that you ready for the really big boys
Capt John

TheChumStain · 09-28-2005, 12:05 AM

Hey Capt John how about you get one of our co captains from the Big Debbie and your boat down south

That will give the dock boys more to yap about on the main strip over there. Hell one crys enough with him visitin the "drunks" of Wildwood and riddin their big sleds

He would like the short runs down south to the grounds with those bigguns at the transom

I want a slob this year George B. and the crew will be down to play when you go

09-27-2005, 10:10 PM	#7
BrothaBob Crab mustard is good Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oxford, Pa. Posts: 933 Credits: 1,241.6 Boat: No boat at this time.......shameful isn't it? Home Port: Cape May, NJ Best Catch: Mrs. BrothaBob of course..... Occupation: International Man of Mystery	Nice catch....hopefully tomorrow I'll get my first as well!!! __________________ "90% of the world are a-holes, learn to live with them son"......My father giving me life advice the day I graduated high school. www.thehabanaco.com <-- Got my shirt months ago but I liked his shirt so much, I'm leaving it up there........

09-27-2005, 11:50 PM	#8
Caveman Sportfishing Crab mustard is good Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cape May, NJ, Morehead City, NC Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 790 Credits: 1,603.4 Occupation: charter captain	These size fish were pretty common about 4 years ago Just a few years back we had fish like this one and even bigger on almost all our trips in July, August and part of September. I have lots of photo's of bluefin between 90-175 lbs plus caught chunking at the finger above Massey's,The Hambone and The Notch just North of the Hot Dog. Some of us charter guys actually tried to avoid these slubs because to many of our charters just could not handle these fish stand-up. I took 4 brand new Penn 50 wides back to Penn twice in one summer because the drags would not hold up to these size BFT. This was all before any one chased scallop boats and we never went to the canyons until after Labor Day. If Jim's father brings him down to Morehead City, NC this winter and fishes with us for GBT he will consider this fish nothing more than a warm-up or practice fish. A 400-600lb GBT with a attitude will pull many times harder than a pup of 156 lbs. Congradulations James and hope to see you and your family this winter now that you ready for the really big boys Capt John __________________ Winter Schedule: Giant Bluefin Tuna Dec-Jan Morehead City, NC and Virginia Beach Trophy Stripers Feb-March We are all about having a great day on the water on one of the newest and finest charter boats on the East Coast. Web Page: www.cavemansportfishing.com e-mail: cavemansportfishing@comcast.net Cell (609) 425-1970 Home (609) 861-2388 Last edited by Caveman Sportfishing; 09-27-2005 at 11:53 PM.

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09-27-2005, 01:20 PM	#3
John Rogers I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Elkton, MD Posts: 2,440 Credits: 1,682.0 Boat: 08 25' Contender Best Catch: Micaela	Congrats to him. Hope he doesn't think all his tuna are going to be that big Bet hes going to be hooked for life

09-27-2005, 06:22 PM	#4
jbones11 Crab mustard is good Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 967 Credits: 5,115.1 Boat: The Patrician	Congrats!! Not a bad way to pop your cherry...we should all start out with a big girl like that. Way to go.

09-27-2005, 07:51 PM	#5
Lunchman Weaky wacker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bristol,Pa&Cape May Court House NJ Posts: 29 Credits: 1,212.4	Thats a great first tuna,he'll be trying to beat that one for a while. Congrats Jim

09-27-2005, 08:10 PM	#6
Grumpea #1 Croaker Hunter Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cape May County Posts: 100 Credits: 1,212.9 Occupation: Auto Mechanic	Nice job. Hell of a way to get started. Keep up the good work.