Captain Ryan Stahl aboard the Game Changer in San Diego, California had one heck of a week! They landed a 420-pound Pacific Bluefin Tuna, the largest PBT ever caught in the state of California.
This catch broke the previous California state fishing record for the Pacific Bluefin Tuna species by 25 pounds and returned the record from Los Angeles back to San Diego where Bluefin Tuna fishing is more prevalent.
Record-Setting 420-Pound Pacific Bluefin Tuna Caught In San Diego, California
Capt. Ryan Stahl’s record-setting catch has gone viral since the rare fish was landed on Tuesday after the long Labor Day Weekend. With warmer waters off Southern California due to the ‘Super El Niño’ that is still building, Pacific Bluefin Tuna fishing has been on fire lately. It has also led to anomalous catches in the PWN like this state record Striped Marlin caught in Washington.
The crew aboard the Game Changer were fishing a Delta Flyer at 8 knots when the 420-pound Pacific Bluefin Tuna hooked up on the Seeker 4x rod with 1,000 yards of 130-pound hollow-core Izorline. According to a recent post (see below), the massive tuna “launched itself from about 12 feet away onto the bait and entered the water vertical with its tail showing how big it was” with everything seemingly happening in slow motion…