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“It’s pound for pound the strongest fighting fish … If you hook a 200-pound tuna versus a 200-pound shark - the tuna fights 10 times as hard.” Veteran fisherman Richard Colombo on the “thrill” of hooking a blue giant rockfishharters/InstagramĪ near 20-year veteran of the New York charter community, Richard Colombo pursued these inshore giants for the first time this summer. Much like with mining suppliers during the gold rush, the tuna craze has proven a boon for NYC charter companies and tackle stores. “This year, they came into our waters, settled in - and we targeted them for over three months.”ġ0 Colesanti poses with a Brooklyn bluefin. “Boats would catch the occasional ‘ghost,’ which is what we always referred to tuna as because we would see them - jumping and busting on the surface - but never catch them,” Colesanti, who appears on the upcoming Season 11 of National Geographic’s acclaimed fishing show “Wicked Tuna,” told The Post.

(That’s bigger than an Alaskan brown bear.) Normally associated with deep waters off New England and elsewhere, supersize specimens surfaced over the summer and fall within view of the Gotham skyline - and hundreds of tuna junkies are scrambling to land an NYC sea monster. The Rockfish Charters boat captain is rigging up a rod so massive, it could’ve been in “Jaws.” He packs his hook with a live baitfish called a bunker, sets the line out to the desired distance - and waits for a behemoth to bite.Ĭolesanti, 29, is one of many NYC anglers targeting the unprecedented glut of trophy Atlantic bluefin tuna, the largest of the 15 species, which can grow to 13 feet long and weigh up to 2,000 pounds. and fisherman Kyle Colesanti is five to 10 miles off the Rockaways in Queens. Many pleasantly shocked line-sinkers told The Post they’ve fished the waters off New York City their entire lives without witnessing a phenomenon like this. Magnet fishermen shocked to pull live WWII grenade from canal, sparking bomb scareĪ rare influx of giant tuna - weighing up to 600 pounds - has sparked a bluefin gold rush among Big Apple anglers. Mystery as three fishermen missing off Georgia coast after boat failed to return a week ago: ‘Absolutely terrifying’ Oregon fisherman earns over $100K in bounties after removing unwanted species found in state’s rivers

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