Fisherwoman catches world record 64 STONE tuna (worth $2m or 1,769 tins) but she's going to get it stuffed instead

Fisherwoman catches world record 64 STONE tuna (worth $2m or 1,769 tins) but she's going to get it stuffed instead

By Matt Blake

Source: dailymail

4/4/2014

It could be worth up to $2million, make 2,875 sandwiches, and has been hailed a 'Picasso of the sea'... but Donna Pascoe wants to stuff her record-breaking tuna catch and hang it on her wall.

The game fisherwoman battled for more than four hours the 411.6kg (64 stone) Pacific bluefin before finally reeling in the high-speed leviathan - thought to be the largest ever caught with a rod and line.

She hooked the fish - which is twice the size of a tuna sold at a Japanese auction last year for $1.09million - using a 60lb line near the Three Kings Islands off Cape Reinga of New Zealand.

The experienced angler first suspected something fishy was going on when her line began to tug.

'The line was peeling out like it was attached to a freight train,' said Donna, of Auckland, New Zealand. 'As usual, I was pretty nervous that I might get spooled. Thankfully, the fish stopped running and I was able to get a bit of line back in.'

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3926	Atlantic Bluefin Tuna quotas see first increase in 24 years	CBC News	2014-11-18	CA
3927	The sockeye salmon's incredible, vital journey	macleans	2014-11-16	CA
3928	Michigan State scientists: don't forget about freshwater fish!	upi	2014-11-10	US
3929	The U.S. Is Spending $4.5-Million To Save The Rarest Fish On Earth	gizmodo	2014-10-31	US
3930	Куда "плюнет" Босфор	rg	2021-06-10	RU
3931	Company is recycling old Alaska fishing gear into line of rugged clothing	adn	2021-05-26	US
3932	Banned pesticide blamed for killing bees may be approved for fish farms	theguardian	2021-05-27	UK
3933	Discarded fish scales and frog skin used to make bone repair material	newatlas	2021-05-28	SG
3934	State's largest pike poisoning project underway in Soldotna	alaska journal	2014-10-22	US
3935	Fishing or Fish Farming: Which Is More Responsible?	treehugger	2017-06-05	NL
3936	You might think you know your pet goldfish, but its origins and biology are stranger than you ever guessed	bbc	2014-10-21	CN
3937	Photos capture the quadrennial phenomenon as millions of salmon jam B.C.'s Adams river	the globe and mail	2014-10-20	CA
3938	Whole Foods Pushes Consumption, Conservation Of Paiche	sanfrancisco	2014-10-16	US
3939	No new fisheries in the Arctic following federal ban	CTV News	2014-10-17	CA
3940	Angler baked, ate record-breaking fish	delaware online	2014-10-09	US
3941	Fish Colon Offers Insight Into Evolution	university herald	2014-10-08	US
3942	Pacific Island nations secure $90m tuna deal with United States	abc	2014-10-08	US
3943	Did Three Anglers Release the Largest Tarpon Ever Caught on Rod-and-Reel?	sportfishingmag	2014-10-06	NI
3944	Texas man sets world record after catching rare hybrid fish	Fox News	2021-05-25	US
3945	Where did all the salmon go? An old orca has seen a lot of changes in more than 90 years	seattletimes	2021-05-30	US
3946	Non-kosher fish eaten in Jerusalem during early days of Judaism	newscientist	2014-09-25	IL
3947	Can Electric Fish Talk Like Obama?	theatlantic	2021-05-26	US
3948	How a Frenzy for Echinoderms Exposed and Entrenched Inequities in a Fishing Community	hakaimagazine	2021-05-27	PW
3949	12-year-old fisherman wins $15K for catching 26-pound fish in New York	foxnews	2021-05-18	US
3950	Blind cavefish ditches circadian rhythm to save energy	ABC	2014-09-25	NZ

157 of [223 - pages.]