Tunny

[novice 25]

Item number: 290197670467

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mega-Rare-1930s-1950...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Check out the above on ebay. Is it a wind up, or could you really catch tuna of that size of the North East coast in the last century

Edited January 13, 2008 by novice

[billybunter 72]

its no wind up novice

one of the top tunny fishermen from the 20s & 30s was a mr L.MITCHELL-HENRY and author

of many tunny fishing books and designed many reel rods and hooks for tuna

and also world record tunny holder of 851lbcought on 11/9/1933

heres a extract from one of his books called tunny fishing at home and abroard printed in 1934

 

the auther with his world record tunny 851lb

caught on the improved mitchell-henry reel on a line of 152lb breaking strain

mitchell -henry hook

bait, mackerel

time,1 hour 47 minutes

boatman, harry wray

tender, "success"

place, 40 miles of whitby

date 11/9/1933

[novice 25]

It's a crying shame if the fish population was completely wiped out by overfishing

 

Wonder if there were other factors like commercial fishing or environmental changes? Wouldn't mind latching onto something like that myself!!

[Guest bullterrier]

you can still catch tuna off the coast of ireland mate . ..john

[billybunter 72]

you can still catch tuna off the coast of ireland mate . ..john

 

 

your right john

off the west coast of ireland boats go out from sligo,donegal i think around july to sept

[c2c 0]

you can still catch tuna off the coast of ireland mate . ..john

 

 

your right john

off the west coast of ireland boats go out from sligo,donegal i think around july to sept

is it all nets mate or can you charter a boat and fish for them?

[fireman 10,919]

With rod and line,read about it in a mag a year or two ago the japs come over to net or long line for them though.

[billybunter 72]

you can still catch tuna off the coast of ireland mate . ..john

 

 

your right john

off the west coast of ireland boats go out from sligo,donegal i think around july to sept

is it all nets mate or can you charter a boat and fish for them?

 

you can charter a boat out of mullagmore county sligo for tuna

[Guest bullterrier]

yes mate you can charter a boat for the tunai know last year they were catching very big fish. ..john

[billybunter 72]

yes mate you can charter a boat for the tunai know last year they were catching very big fish. ..john

 

 

yes john there has been some huge blue fin tuna caught of the west coast of ireland

in the last 20 years the irish rod caught record is 970lb caught by adrian molloy

on a charter out of kilcar south west donegal

[c2c 0]

yes mate you can charter a boat for the tunai know last year they were catching very big fish. ..john

 

 

yes john there has been some huge blue fin tuna caught of the west coast of ireland

in the last 20 years the irish rod caught record is 970lb caught by adrian molloy

on a charter out of kilcar south west donegal

970lb feck me i think a fishing trip to ireland is in order

u up for it fireman

go fishing on the boat :sick: then in the pup for a few

[Guest bullterrier]

its not just the tuna fishing in Ireland mate there's very few places that would match Ireland for sea and course and game fishing mate... john and then theres the

[the kent taxidermist 0]

most of the tuna went due to the decimation of the herring shoals by overfishing mate

[c2c 0]

its not just the tuna fishing in Ireland mate there's very few places that would match Ireland for sea and course and game fishing mate... john and then theres the

been looking up on the internet you have some cracking sea fishing mate we are comong over later on in the year