It was fun while it lasted but the trophy category for bluefin tuna, fish 73 inches or greater, closed Tuesday after recreational anglers gobbled up the 2.3 metric ton or 5,070 pound quota in the ...

Everyone on board helped land the fish. They used multiple gaffs and a tail rope to boat the big tuna. David Esslinger and a group of buddies headed offshore from Galveston, Texas around daybreak on ...

A number of bluefin tuna were caught near the Monterey Bay weather buoy late in the week. Bluefin tuna hunters are heading south as well to explore the classic tuna areas near the Davidson Seamount ...

Any doubt about bluefin was erased the first day of the Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club's Bluefin Open when the three biggest fish were brought in to the scales. The heaviest fish was 132.8 pounds ...

The bluefin tuna fishery started off with a bang in April when several giants were brought into the marinas in a hurry, filling the quota for giants in about two weeks. The fishery for the mediums ...

David Esslinger and crewmates pose with an 884-pound bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Galveston, Texas. Screengrab from Facebook post by David Esslinger. A Texas fisherman may have landed a new ...