Offshore Tuna
Posted April 5, 2003
By admin
A look at what is currently available on eBay
 Squid Daisy Chain Offshore Trolling Lure Tuna 6 in dogm US $19.99 
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 Squid Daisy Chain Offshore Trolling Lure Tuna 6 in dopm US $19.99
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 Bird Daisy Chain Offshore Trolling Lure squid Tuna pink US $29.99
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What do you do with a 500 pound TUNA?
OK, it's a hot summer day, you're offshore fishing, and catch a 500 pound blue fin, or something similar. How do you keep it fresh till you're done fishing and get back to port? That thing ain't goin' in the ice chest!!
Fish don't rot immediately, so it's not a panic situation. If you don't have a fish box with ice and stuff, you can lay gunny sacks over the fish and keep it wet with a deck hose. The evaporation will keep the fish cool for a few hours and it will be fine when you get to the dock.
Nowadays, most of the San Diego offshore party boats have refrigerated holds, but 20+ years ago the fish (generally 15-30 pounders, albacore, yellowfin tuna, or yellowtail) were just kept in the wet gunny sacks through the day of fishing (and a 5-6 hour ride to the dock if you weren't having the fish cleaned on the way in), so you might hit the dock with fish which had been un-cooled for 12+ hours. There was never a real problem with the fish's quality -- it wasn't perfect, but it was far from inedible.
I would assume a big fish would keep at least as well as these smaller fish, and simply keeping it wet for a 2-3 hour ride in and photo session at the scales would be plenty to ensure its quality.
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