NC Yellowfin

MakoMike · 11-10-2005, 03:43 PM

Anyone see the article on NC yellowfin in this months issue of Sport fishing? Do they run that small down there or was the capt just inept? I can't belive the size of some of those tuna they held up for pictures, I catch bluefish bigger than that!

Sea Draggin · 11-10-2005, 05:49 PM

I have found the winter fish to be about 25 lbs on average when I used to be up there. Because they were small you didn't get anything for them, $.70/lb trunked.

However they were the best eating fish of the year. In May I would almost would rather have one of those steaks that had been frozen, than the fish I was catching. Not sure if it was diet or what, but in the winter was when I filled my freezer for the year. Then sold the bigger fish that came in the spring.

I did tag and release a lot of those little pups. Which I always thought was kinda fun. But, I put the steel to a load of them though.

What trips me out is I can get $1.50lb for a strip gutted mackerel with about a 95% yield, and only get .70lb for YFT with a 55% yield.

11-10-2005, 03:43 PM	#1
MakoMike Crab mustard is good Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Exeter, RI Posts: 681 Credits: 1,220.5	NC Yellowfin Anyone see the article on NC yellowfin in this months issue of Sport fishing? Do they run that small down there or was the capt just inept? I can't belive the size of some of those tuna they held up for pictures, I catch bluefish bigger than that!

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11-10-2005, 05:49 PM	#2
Sea Draggin I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: High Point, NC Posts: 3,849 Credits: 3,895.1 Blog Entries: 1	I have found the winter fish to be about 25 lbs on average when I used to be up there. Because they were small you didn't get anything for them, $.70/lb trunked. However they were the best eating fish of the year. In May I would almost would rather have one of those steaks that had been frozen, than the fish I was catching. Not sure if it was diet or what, but in the winter was when I filled my freezer for the year. Then sold the bigger fish that came in the spring. I did tag and release a lot of those little pups. Which I always thought was kinda fun. But, I put the steel to a load of them though. What trips me out is I can get $1.50lb for a strip gutted mackerel with about a 95% yield, and only get .70lb for YFT with a 55% yield.