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http://www2.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/01/05/bluefin-tuna-sells-record-176m-tokyo.html
That's some expensive Sushi! :hungry:
Publicity stunt or not you really have to wonder where it all ends. To me it seems more like negative publicity then any thing positive.
I should have said tradition (if that's even the right word) - it happens every year with the first fish sold at market. It's not really about the value of the actual fish. Can't remeber where I read that tho...
the winning bidder said he wanted to help boast Japan's economy.
The article linked did not put it so bluntly but eluded to exactly that. The price does not necessarily reflect the quality of the fish and the winning bidder said he wanted to help boast Japan's economy. I'm sure it's small drops in the bucket but it is publicity for his stores and I'm sure the fisherman are happy. Said he did the same thing last year at the years first fish market so I'm sure we can expect more of it.
I like Bluefin as much as the next person but even when I charter a 60' sportfisjerman just for two of us and drive to the OBX, including all incidentals and have a lousy catch I still don't think I go over $60 a pound for Yellowfin and Bigeye. A good trip is more like $15 #. Plus it's a lot more fun catching your own fish.
Charter boats have gotten very expensive,many have gone out of business on Oahu.The Kona coast on the big Island is still the main fleet in Hawaii.When the yellowfin run,many small trailered boats(we call them puddlejumpers)head out to sea,looking for piles of birds & a hookup.Dragging lures wt. Pen Senator or International reels.Rock & Roll seas in a small boat,high adventure:jumping2:
Yeh the days of the 50-60 foot wooden hulls is past.In Kona as you said deep water right off shore,Mauna Loa is so huge blocks alot of the tradewinds & can be realatively calm. at sea.
Off the Waianae coast on Oahu,launching out of Pokai bay,more often than not you can be in rough seas.
Even on larger boats it can be an adventure. We had a 58' Jarret Bay that got drilled by lightning on the humps off Islamorada going after Black fin and another day we went from calm seas to massive swells in less than an hour and had to dodge a water spout on the way in. Twin 1100 HP Detroits kickin tires and lighten fires on that one. We finally gave up on the keys when our hotel got hit by a tornado. I figured the big guy was trying to me something. :eyebrow: I've got old hi-8mm video of that I need to get transferred to DVD.
I've never fished out of Kona. We tried to hook up with Norm Issacs there in the past but got stuck in a AA non strike or sick out or what ever they called it.
As much as I like the OBX the Tuna catch there has really changed over the last few years.
I'm not sure what to make of a Bluefin-Yellowfin hybrid but we have some strange hybrids here as well like Splake.
OBX Oregon Inlet.is that outer banks North Carolina?We do not have Bluefin or blackfin here,too warm for blues,& blkfin only in Atlantic.You have Mahi Mahi out there yes.Good eating fish fun to catch & beautiful colors when just out of the water.
We have great tasting snappers.Onaga & Opakapaka.We used to bottom fish for them on the penquin banks off Molokai at night.1970-73 worked charter boat Kamome 53 ft. Haole Sampan.Had high bow sampan hull & cabin cruiser top wt below & topside controls.Great Hawaiian water boat twin GM diesels,two props.Went to Kona every yr. for billfish tour.Fished Kaula rock off Niihau,mostly Oahu and Molokai.
After that Line cook at Nick's Fish Market at night,started my kitchen career,later when I started working Hotels,met a couple cooks over the yrs. who like fishing & had trailered boats.That's good fun too.
Do you guys go on shared charters on your trips?Are you out there more than one day?What type fishing,bait,catch.Shoots you got me thinking about fishing,it's cool yeh off topic threads.fftopic:
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