Northland man lands giant tuna with his bare hands 
By ROBYN DOWNEY NZ 8/10/2015
ROBYN DOWNEY
Beach buggy enthusiast Aaron Cossill dragged a giant tuna to shore with nothing more than his bare hands and a hunting knife.

He and his son were driving along Ripiro Beach at Dargaville in Northland on Saturday when they saw what looked like a dolphin flapping in the breakers.

"It's tail was thrashing from side to side as it was being hit by a couple of big waves," he says. "I ran over and saw it was a huge tuna."
 

Cossill tried to hold on to the monster by the tail but to no avail.

The keen pig hunter went to retrieve his hunting gear from his beach buggy and returned to find the tide had washed the tuna from the shallows out into waist deep water.
Cossill waded into the sea and grabbed the fish.

"It was kicking the hell out of me," he says. "Just as well I took the time to put my hunting gear on properly because when the gills opened, I grabbed a handful, pulled the knife out and stabbed it."

 
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