800-pound tuna caught at mouth of Bay

Last week Capt. Brandon Hagopian of Cranston caught an 800-pound bluefin tuna when fishing at the mouth of Narragansett Bay.

Capt. Hagopian said, “We caught the fish with a tinker (Atlantic chub) mackerel, and it took about four hours to fight and boat the fish.”

“This is a commercial fish,” said Capt. Hagopian who caught a 1,000-pound bluefin in 2021 when fishing off Cape Cod with Jenna Lombardo. Hagopian is owner and operator of B-Hagz Bait and Adventures fishing charters…

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