Tuna in the suds??

[SurfJockey]

Fisherman Magazine posted on Facebook, that this tuna was caught in the surf in Pt. Pleasant.
 

[Reel Time]

 very well possible, but i would think the average joe's surf gear wouldn't hold up and take a crap 10 seconds into the fight, or as soon as the fish realized it was hooked

 chatter last week was bluefin 5 miles out

[sbeer]

That looks to be Bayhead. They had tuna busting right in the reef. Ive seen them as close as 2 to 3 hundred feet off the beach. Coulnt get them to touch nothing. Its happenned before. I believe it, would sure like to have seen it play out though, had to be a hoot.  Capt Mike

[Pfishingruven]

Yeah, that is Bay Head.  I have seen tuna beach themselves before in the surf.  Sure that was a fight on surf gear.  Question is, does the average surf fisherman have the proper permits?

 

[Luna Sea 5]

i don't think the average surf fisherman has the gear to land that fish from the surf.  A fighting fish like a tuna, plus the current of the surf... easy cut off.

[SurfJockey]

Apparently this guy did! 

[Offshore Madness]

i don't think the average surf fisherman has the gear to land that fish from the surf.  A fighting fish like a tuna, plus the current of the surf... easy cut off.

I thought the same thing.kinda hard to believe.If it was me id take pictures at the beach.....


And if our surfer dude's and dudette's didnt get one it makes its harder to believe..However stranger things have happened.....

[NJ Guy]

wow? idk man sounds fishyyyyyy

[Pops Soul]

Most of us know how a Tuna fights from a boat , but does a Tuna fight the same in the surf     

[Offshore Madness]

Most of us know how a Tuna fights from a boat , but does a Tuna fight the same in the surf     

Well id think once it got into shallow water it would go NUTS and run like it never ran before and most likely snap the line

[Hotrod]

Tuna permits are Federal.  which is past the 3 mile line..  what happens when they are inside that?

[Hunter 2]

Nice fish no matter how he caught it.

[Capt. Rich K]

I believe it with all the sand eels along the beach it was only time the tuna came in that close,year after year we see more tuna inshore within a few miles of the beach.I think he did land the fish, with all the high end reels and braid.had to be a great fight and I would have loved to been there to see that.

[Kenny]

  I agree! have heard many stories over the years of BFT landed at the beach...years ago there was a write up in the Fisherman Mag and was documented from a head boat with pictures as the guy tail roped it and drug it up the beach, Fish went over 100 lbs as I remember.

Tuna permits are Federal.  which is past the 3 mile line..  what happens when they are inside that?

Great question Rod....Anybody know

[Offshore Madness]

My guess run up the beach, jump in truck and go home

[Bottom Dweller]

 

I believe it with all the sand eels along the beach it was only time the tuna came in that close,year after year we see more tuna inshore within a few miles of the beach.I think he did land the fish, with all the high end reels and braid.had to be a great fight and I would have loved to been there to see that.