Northeast (MA,RI,CT,NH,ME,VT)

[Tuna Slayer]

Am I the only guys from the region here so far? If you are from around here, give a shout out!

[Jon]

I'm a little south of you in VA, although spent a lot of time in the Northeast.

Got to know..how do you land those huge guys...AND, how come in some pics half the fish looks cut (or eaten) off?

[bobkyle2]

Originally Posted by Jon

I'm a little south of you in VA, although spent a lot of time in the Northeast.

Got to know..how do you land those huge guys...AND, how come in some pics half the fish looks cut (or eaten) off?

Haha... Hes got like 4 million dollars worth of fishing pole ...hahaha...

And Im pretture thats how they clean the fish.. For like processing and stuff.

[Tuna Slayer]

The fish in the pic you're talking about is collared. Basically bled, gutted, and head removed. The belly is packed with ice and the fish is put in the hold on ice. You HAVE to bleed to fish and collar it ASAP when you get it on board. When these tuna are offloaded, they are put in a coffin box, put on a plane, and flown to japan within hours. The buyers are experts at determining the quality of the meat and fat. They take samples on the spot to determine the price. A tuna not cleaned properly doesn't get you much and gives you a bad rap. These are all sashimi grade tuna, raw, sushi, maguro....just some jap names for them. Basically, sushi-grade fresh.

[fordmedic48]

I'm in Mass

[Tuna Slayer]

whoa jackpot! where do you usually fish?

[paul708]

Nice fish.
we are trying to get up there for the cod jig bit...love jigging cod

[fordmedic48]

If I striper fish I go to Plum Island, Starting Fly fishing this year so not sure where I'll be fishing.

[gone postal]

Not from MA anymore, but I fish out of Newburyport.

I miss being able to just wake up on an off day and say "screwit, I'm going fishing"

[richfish24]

New member here. I'm a fanatical fisherman from little Rhody. Mostly after stripers from the bay and largemouth up on the Cape (Cod).