My good friend and Dr. Pedro Watlington sent me these photos of fantastic yellowfin tuna he caught a short time ago while fishing off the main island about 18 miles north of San Juan. The fish weighed 90 pounds and took over an hour to land on 30# line.
Yellowfin are one of the largest of the tunas and can grow to twice that size. They're also one of the best tasting fish in the ocean and highly prized for both sport and commercial fishermen. For a lot of anglers a yellowfin like this is the catch of a lifetime.
Puerto Rico is one of the better places in the Caribbean to chase these big tuna. Our proximity to some seriously deep water and warm currents brings them closer to shore. This is what helped put Pedro, with his 24 foot boat, on such a big fish with only a 20 mile run from home.
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