Vagabond 10 day - John's 299lb tuna raw Video

[@ONECOOLTUNA]

these are caught on a 10 day trip out of San Diego, due South down the coast of Baja. The area is known as the Cow Town near Mag Bay.

[@Rodsnapper]

Good fight. He kept his posture and did the work. 6 gaffs, good job. Congrats on this and the boats world record 405#.

[@kabansergei]

Sweet Catch!

[@MrElmeromero2009]

dame how long was he fighting the beast?

[@cuff1957]

i appreciate when a fisherman wins a one on one battle with a tuna,were slowly depleting the species,if this fish was caught longlining or by methods tuna dont have much of a chance,i would not hold much respect for the fisherman,this guy earned his fish good job john.

[@swordsallday]

3:09 calstar blank?

[@fishinbonita4life]

how many fish were caught?

[@trtdude82]

whooaaa!!! hey brotha you gotta post a pic at least on FISH AND FAME's facebook page. no one has posted a monster yft yet.

[@ocdirtyjerz]

@cooltunaphoto Thought you were only a camera man. Looking forward to seeing a jig cam. Never heard of such a thing, It would be better to get in the water I think

[@FrankAbyss]

Nice video!

[@41Hardcore]

good job John ! The rail rodders shit there pants watching you on that one, good job !

[@Seansfishingtales]

this is how john west catches his tuna

[@ONECOOLTUNA]

Not so rare, these are Yellowfin Tuna, Not like the Giant Bluefin in the Atlantic. These fish are not endangered. These are caught normally in the southwest pacific.

[@aquahunter3228]

Nice fish!

[@Dirtyselva]

is not about far is about how deep they swim in very deep places of the sea,

[@lightningtimes]

nice catch

[@ONECOOLTUNA]

Not so much bleeding the fish as much as stopping it from killing someone with the tail. Spiking the fish this way also will stop the meat from getting spoiled from chemical reactions in the fish blood and spoiling the meat. It is not as easy to hit the sweet spot in the head sometimes. Most of the times the fish is dead and it is just nerves and muscles reactions, but it can be dangerous to anyone close to the fish.

[@swordsallday]

actually i would say it dosent deplete the species at all

[@AsekOneM2C]

thats an big ass tuna, john

[@Eternalsaddness]

There's some food for the crew for about 2 or 3 days.

[@mas0n88]

Would that be worth BIG DOLLARS in Asia?

[@AlanMolstad]

Thats the way to fish....Just one man and a rod working to bring it in...no nets dragging the deep catching flipper too...just a guy with a rod and his arms in the struggle against the fish.

[@localguy8]

at this point in the boat all those standing around wish they have a big fish like that at the end of their line........and under their breath sighing you lucky guy

[@ONECOOLTUNA]

hey don't get much bigger.. They are at the end of their life cycle at this size..

[@ONECOOLTUNA]

About 1 1/2 hours in total - It was a battle at some points..

[@stuckinadazzee]

Healthy tuna's are there if you have the range.

[@MrElmeromero2009]

he looked tired

[@ocdirtyjerz]

@cooltunaphoto Why would you? Your a camera man...

[@choirulowoess]

nice Tuna...

[@ONECOOLTUNA]

Yeeh it can break a leg or knock you down... a 300lb fish that is built for speed and is all muscle in that tail is dangerous..

[@kycruisecrazy]

get that man a BEER!!

[@jozsefkacsa]

Well if that was a Bluefin John could sold that baby to Japanese Tuna Traders for Between 40000-150000 depends on quality of meat and fat percentage.More fat On the belly and tail end firmer more money it worth more cash!I'm not sure how much for Yellowfin but I know it's not nearly high as Bluefin.I caught a Bluefin once 71 lkg and kept it had 6o kg pure Orgazmic meat lasted for 3 yrs Blues smoked and dried about 20 kg froze the rest!I ate both Bluefin is way better but Yellows r gr8 too!

[@ocdirtyjerz]

What a beast, next time make sure its dead before you starting walking around it super crew

[@FaebleTheWitch]

haha youre funny, that fish looked delicious

[@Liquidlex6]

SUUUUUSSSHHHIIII!!!

[@MrDanthefisherman1]

Great cow. One more pound and it would of been a super cow

[@FazeDubstep]

It must have sucked cleaning up all that blood!

[@SuperBakteria]

nice to cook that

[@jasong2xaccount]

Learn how to properly spike a fish

[@MyAlbacore]

6 gaffs... ??? lol

[@Dahl0s]

John West!

[@swordsallday]

3:09 calstar blank?