Commercial Atlantic Bluefin Tuna fishing in Cornwall UK - FH20 BFT E3 2024

[@craigwilliamson1452]

Catch and release always!

[@F20_forager]

Aye, for us, the small ones are released, cheers.

[@Fibercraft]

Awesome to see first hand ..

[@F20_forager]

👍🏼

[@FloatingCream]

Very slick fish handling; just what we want to see. Shame others do not take so much trouble.

[@F20_forager]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@philbigcod]

Well done glad to see it's all comming together keep em comming

[@F20_forager]

Cheers, dude ! 👍🏼

[@fraserconnell21]

Gt Tunny fishing😊 . New subscribers here👋🇬🇧👍🏼

[@F20_forager]

Thanks for the sub 👍🏼

[@jasoncollins9640]

Good work men 😊 i was down newlyn last week and a boat had his 3 for the day , brilliant stuff.

[@F20_forager]

Aye, nice one cheers 👍🏼 ah yes, I think that was my mate you saw landing in Newlyn 🐟👍🏼

[@funnysods]

Good fishing and even better, good treatment of the fish.

[@F20_forager]

Cheers 👍🏼🎣

[@Tendance-Inox]

Fun to watch! Happy for you guys, nice job!

[@F20_forager]

:) aye, cheers 👍🏼

[@wthornton7346]

Excellent work. You deserve top money for the care you put into your catch. Nice to see.

[@F20_forager]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@riogrand3783]

That’s the money. What a great setup. Tuna all round North and South Coast. Let’s hope it stays that way

[@F20_forager]

Thanks 👍🏼 great to hear they are on the North Coast, too. Hope so, great to have them in our waters

[@NicolasValentinScotland]

You made a superb video . Quite informative too . Next time take us to the fish market , we want to know about the price and the destination of the fish . Cheers lads well played . Great content .

[@F20_forager]

Thank you 👍🏼 will see what we can do on a future video re the market or buyers and that side of it. We already produce traceability videos for each fish for our buyers. Will release these at some point too. Cheers, all the best

[@peterharman1370]

Loved watchin that,hopefully long may they stay around.

[@F20_forager]

Cheers 👍🏼 thanks for the feedback. Aye, I hope the fish come back year on year too :)

[@martingrimsted5017]

​@@F20_foragerThey won't come back from the expensive restuarant, all about the money

[@F20_forager]

😂 All about responsible fishing mind, if we look after the stocks, then there should be enough to keep selling to that restaurant you talk of 👍🏼😁

[@lozzfish]

Amazing video 😊 tight lines lozzfish

[@F20_forager]

Cheers Lozzfish 👍🏼

[@daniellehynd575]

Quality that mate.. lovely fish 👍

[@F20_forager]

Cheers 👍🏼

[@thelatemickb6927]

New sub. Clean fishing well done.

[@F20_forager]

Thank you, cheers 👍🏼

[@fatfish6839]

Geddon lads 👏🏻👏🏻

[@F20_forager]

Cheers 👍🏼

[@markadams2723]

Nice video guys

[@F20_forager]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@gordonfoster5311]

Love the vid, as i have your others. I've done some commercial fishing in the Caribbean and hope to start again next year. Just curious though, what sort of price range do you get fot the bluefin?

[@F20_forager]

Cheers 👍🏼 how is the fishing in the Caribbean ? :) With regards prices, this depends on multiple factors. They are valuable, but certainly not as much as everyone would probably believe. The prices vary on a daily basis tbh. If you'd like to see market prices, check out Newlyn or Brixham fish market prices online 👍🏼 it gives you an idea of what fish sell for, including BFT. Cheers

[@gordonfoster5311]

@@F20_forager yeh I know the prices are nothing like what people believe. Know of someone who caught a 700lb bft in South Carolina and barely turned a profit. Fishing season for pelagics is just starting. Wahoo and mahi and yf tuna run through to June. I used to do lot of fishing for red fish in depths 600' to 1500'. If you are interested in how, captain fighter jet has yt channel in which fishes in a similar way only manually.

[@F20_forager]

Sounds like some very exciting species you have over there 👍🏼👍🏼 thats some deep fish ! cheers, will take a look at the channel. Aye, for us here, the bigger fish tend not to sell that well tbh. I think it's because it's a fairly new fishery, and many UK buyers are not fully set up to process the big ones. A 700lb BFT is a beuty. Our biggest this year so far is 168kg. Go off like a train. Tight lines

[@cedhome7945]

When did it become legal to take tunna?,forgive my ignorance but I was told if we catch one we had to return it???

[@F20_forager]

Thanks for your question. It's not legal to catch or take tuna in the UK without a license to do so. I have a commercial license on my vessel to catch and take a maximum of 3t, for this season, of these great fish. There were only 13 commercial licenses issued this year. There are also some catch and release licenses that are mostly operated by charter fishing vessels. This is different to my license.

[@stevehales4842]

Fishermen as usual take everything they can and give nothing back. Soon the tuna will be fished out like most other species around our shores.

[@F20_forager]

Thank you for your opinion. In this case, my opinion is to respectfully disagree. The bluefin tuna fishery is only a trial fishery at this stage in the UK. There are only 13 commercially licensed vessels. It is management through responsible fishing. Individual fish are targeted, not entire shoals. We use rod and line only, not nets. There are strict catch limits and size limits and a limited, minimal quota. This protects undersized fish and ensures fish have bred. We are learning about these great fish. I do sell the catch. My aim is not overfishing or greed. I hope we can create a well managed and clean healthy fishery. Better this than huge pair trawlers hoovering up entire shoals with a lawless and unmanaged attitude, I'd say.

[@gordonfoster5311]

I disagree, first as stated there is a minimum size limit. Second, a catch limit of three fish. Lastly, there are only a few fishermen licensed for this fishery. In this fishery every fish is documented and registered by ICCAT. If you want to criticize a tuna fishery then look at the purse seine fishery that use nets a mile long or the guided net trap fishery in the Mediterranean.

[@davetart7029]

Idiot.

[@DjbreedKronikaudio]

Oh do give up 😂

[@Ghhyuttgg]

How much do you get per kg? Can you sell direct to consumers?

[@F20_forager]

Thanks for the question. The price per kg can vary depending upon multiple factors. Bluefin Tuna in the UK is highly regulated. We can only sell to ICCAT registered buyers. We can assist buyers in becoming registered. I am also an ICCAT buyer, so I could technically buy my own fish from the registered boat and then sell it directly to consumers. However, I'm not currently set up for processing the fish and currently sell them whole. Cheers 👍🏼

[@michaelfox4073]

Great informative video. Nice to see good fish dispatch care. Does every muppet have hooks on them when towing, or just certain ones. Im off out in a couple of weeks for my first tuna trip🤞

[@F20_forager]

Cheers 👍🏼 with regards to the muppets, most don't have hooks, they are there to attract only, then down the center line of the spreader bar is a 600lb mono, this has a 'stinger' attached. The stinger is the one muppet with a hook. This is typically trailed further behind the rest of the spreader bar 👍🏼👍🏼 Tight lines for your trip 🎣😎

[@michaelfox4073]

@F20_forager thanks for the knowledge 👌

[@radleysmith7528]

Fish Locker is well gel

[@F20_forager]

Maybe, but hats off to him. He catches a lot of fish 🐟

[@666DW]

Fish locker has a catch and release licence and from what I have seen on his channel his tuna are far larger.

[@chrislangford3283]

Is it too nosey to ask how much each of those is worth?😂

[@F20_forager]

This depends on multiple factors. They are valuable, but certainly not as much as everyone would probably believe. The prices vary on a daily basis tbh. If you'd like to see market prices, check out Newlyn Market prices online 👍🏼 it gives you an idea of what fish sell for, including BFT. Cheers

[@gaycha6589]

Market prices seem to vary - BFT landed in Brixham making good money. It depends how many merchants in supply chain from boat to table/consumer. 90Kg BFT made £1700 wholesale. Youd Double that if you want to process fish and sell to hotels etc direct, but costs higher. Plenty risks in buying selling fish.

[@geoff6854]

how do you get such low fight times ?

[@F20_forager]

Great question, we are using the massive 130 reels, which have big drag settings, twinned with 130lb class rods, and we fight fish from the 'fighting stations', which are part of the boat. This helps us apply a lot of pressure to the fish and capture them quickly. Because we are aiming to sell our catch, we chose this setup specifically to avoid long fight times and thus stop the tuna heating up, which can damage the meat.

[@geoff6854]

@@F20_forager very impressive - have you had any snap off?

[@F20_forager]

Yes 1. We had a triple hook up, and I lost 1 due to a snap off. Landed the other 2. I've also lost 2 fish because maybe we put a touch too much drag on, too early. But maybe they just came off. We had just swapped a stinger out, and it happened twice on the same stinger on the same day. So maybe there was an issue with the stinger 🤷‍♂️