Though Pacific and Atlantic bigeyes look identical, science does distinguish them as different species, and in the Atlantic, the biggest ever taken weighed 392 pounds.
The heaviest rod-and-reel bigeye ever recorded weighed 435 pounds and was landed off the coast of Peru in 1957. Hot Spots: Outer Banks, Hawaii, New York/New Jersey Bigeye Tuna A small bigeye tuna sits at the fish market. In the Northeast, yellowfin bites are fleeting, as they follow the warm Gulf Stream waters north in summer and head back south when things cool off in the fall. Yellowfins prefer water in the 70- to 85-degree temperature range, which explains why it’s more common to find fish weighing upwards of 100 pounds in the Gulf of Mexico, Southern California, and Hawaii where temperatures are more favorable throughout the year, making yellowfins residents. Both fish are extreme rarities, though, as in most areas where they thrive, they average 25 to 60 pounds. Not long after its capture, a 445-pound yellowfin hit the dock in San Diego, California, however, to date it doesn’t appear to have been certified as the new world record. The current world-record yellowfin tuna was taken off the coast of Mexico in 2012 and weighed a whopping 427 pounds. Hot Spots: Outer Banks, Southern California, Louisiana, Hawaii Read Next: Florida Angler Catches 832-Pound Bluefin Tuna Yellowfin Tuna A yellowfin comes to the side of the boat. commercial and recreational fishing sectors have gotten very tight, charter boats from the Carolinas through New England can put you on plenty of bluefins in the more manageable size range of 30 to 100 pounds.
Fans of the show “Wicked Tuna” might notice that these days it’s a big deal to land a bluefin weighing more than 500 pounds, though that’s still a massive fish that would take hours to reel in. Sadly, bluefin tuna populations are on the decline around the globe as they are one of the most valuable fish on the market, particularly in Japan where a single high-quality bluefin can fetch north of $1 million. How big are tuna? Well, where bluefins are concerned, historically fish weighing more than 1,000 pounds routinely hit the scales, though most of them were captured by commercial tuna fishing operations decades ago. The key reason for this is that they thrive in much colder water than other tuna species and, in general, fish that live in colder water are genetically engineered to grow bigger. Hot Spots: Cape Cod, Outer Banks, Southern Californiaīluefins are the undisputed kings of the tunas for the simple reason that they grow larger than all their cousins. Bluefina Tuna A smaller bluefin chases a flying fish. It’ll help give you an idea as to how big tuna are-and if you’re ready for the fight them…or if you need to hit the gym before wetting that line. Here’s a breakdown of just how big each species of tuna found in U.S. Want to take it even easier? Try skipjack or albacore tuna.
Sound like too much of a struggle for you? Then maybe you’re up for the challenge of yellowfin or bigeye tuna. In 1979, Canadian angler Ken Fraser landed a bluefin weighing 1,496 pounds off the coast of Nova Scotia-and to this day it still holds the record for the largest tuna ever caught on a rod and reel. Chase giant bluefins, however, and you can spend hours on the rod battling one fish. If you happen to be battling blackfin tuna in the South, which average between 8 and 15 pounds, you can catch a whole bunch before getting sore. But no matter what kind you have on the end of your line, your shoulders and arms are going to get a workout reeling it in. How big are tuna? That all depends on the species.
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