Is there Tunna up North?

[sam-cox]

My 87 year old grandfarther phoned my Dad to day, he had seen a report on Torkshoire TV about some very large sports fish being spotted off Scarbough.

 

He didnt remember what fish they were just that they were very big and that there was lots of them.

 

Can any one from Scarbough shed any light please?

[Steve Coppolo]

He didnt remember what fish they were just that they were very big and that there was lots of them.

 

Can't be anywhere in this country then

[sam-cox]

must of been one of those big flying skate,lol

[Brian Carragher]

Sam

 

Theres been rumours and reported sightings of tuna/tunny (same fish just English or American spelling) off our coastline for about the last 4 years, always in the summer and it looks like there are a few of them following the ever increasing shoals of herring. Most of the reports have come from offshore boats and I'm sure that within a few years we'll be seeing some big 'kippers' within the inshore waters and within range of angling boats

[Steve Coppolo]

Sam

 

Theres been rumours and reported sightings of tuna/tunny (same fish just English or American spelling) off our coastline for about the last 4 years, always in the summer and it looks like there are a few of them following the ever increasing shoals of herring. Most of the reports have come from offshore boats and I'm sure that within a few years we'll be seeing some big 'kippers' within the inshore waters and within range of angling boats

 

Wow! What an opportunity that would be for the first charter skipper to kit his boat out to catch them.

[Cranfield]

I've heard that wurzel is steaming North at this very moment.

[Guest CJS2]

Sam

 

Theres been rumours and reported sightings of tuna/tunny (same fish just English or American spelling) off our coastline for about the last 4 years, always in the summer and it looks like there are a few of them following the ever increasing shoals of herring. Most of the reports have come from offshore boats and I'm sure that within a few years we'll be seeing some big 'kippers' within the inshore waters and within range of angling boats

 

Like the sound of that, I understand Tuna off Suffolk and Norfolk was the norm in the 30's when there were herring about. I seem to remember seeing some B&W trophy pics??? even seem to recal someone telling me of the Tuna off shore angling trips? Cant remember who or where, or did I dream this?

[Brian Carragher]

The UK record for tunny was taken aboard a boat from Scarbrough although Whitby also had a thriving tunny fishery. Although most of the chartered tunny boats were operating from Scarbrough, most of the actual fishing was done off the Whitby coastline and a little further northward.

 

Some fish were caught inshore in the bay off Skinningrove when they were feeding and chasing herring into the inshore bay area. When the anglers fished for tunny they usually did so off smaller boats (we'd call them dingies) that were either carried or towed by the charter boats

 

The trouble was in those days that tunny fishing was an expensive business and usually practiced by the well heeled

[Colin Brett]

Alonzo (AKA Laurie to his mates) Mitchell-Henry was the main man in those days and I believe holds the record for Tunny [blue Fin Tuna]

Adrian Mulloy is yer man in Ireland having caught one of 962lbs 2 or 3 years back.

 

See Adrian's website and also here for some cracking images

 

Colin

[Davy Holt]

Nice to see the newspapers are bag upto date with their stories