Friday, April 20, 2018

‘Addiction’ team lands 634-lb. tuna


Louis ‘Captain Scooter’ Porto and four friends from the "Real Addiction Fishing Team" reeled in a monstrous eight-foot long, 634-pound Bluefin Tuna on April 18, but it took an all-hands effort that lasted five hours about 130 miles offshore of Pensacola (Fla.) Pass. Laurie Jones, owner of the 56-foot boat used in the adventure, battled the tuna for several hours, but Gulf Breeze resident Tyler Massey finally reeled it in. (Cobia season kicks off along the Gulf Coast) Even more fascinating was the contents of the tuna’s daily menu - lionfish, blackfin tuna, a piece of wood and plastic, Porto posted on Facebook. (Source: Pensacola News Journal 04/19/18)