Thursday, December 23, 2010

Loreto Fishing, Yellowfin Tuna


Yellowfin Tuna:
is one of the largest
Tuna Species, Reaching weights of over 300lbs
but is significantly smaller than Bluefin Tuna
that can reach over 1000lbs, Yellowfin Tuna are
epipelagic fish that inhabit the mixed surface
layer of the Ocean above the thermocline. sonic
traking has found that they mostly range in the
top 300ft. but have been recorded at depths of
over 3800ft. Can be caught from July- Oct.
Only the Profishermen or the lucky ones are
going to land this prize. 
The current IGFA
record is 388lbs and was caught in Baja in 1977

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