Kayak Fisherman VS 400 Pound Tuna
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Kayak fisherman Dave Lamoureux (Fortitude Fishing) hooks up with a giant bluefin tuna that tows his kayak for 15 miles over 4 hours!
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hard to say its 400 when you didn't land the fish
I'm not saying this was 400 lbs but to those dogging him, you probably have never hooked a large tuna, secondly someone with enough experience catching tuna can gauge how big they are by the strength they have against the drag and rod. This was no small tuna by any means. He said it was an estimated weight. C'mon guys find something else to critique or get out there and catch one yourselves :)
+jacraig881 One CANNOT land a 400 pound Bluefin tuna on spinning gear like the one used. Fact is a 400 pound Bluefin would have spooled that gear in less than 2 minutes.
If the kayak follows the tuna, the reel won't break. He is not anchored! Getting the tuna tired is the key... having a flaoting anchor behind the Kayak would have increase the chances of landing it as long as it's not holding back the kayak too much so the reel / rod can break. When you get pulled, the force applied on the equiment is not the 400# tuna and it's pull but the force it take to move the kayak and it's weight. If the tuna dives straignt down it's another story. You still needs balls to hook yourself behind a tuna in a kayak in open water. You are not in control of your destination. Caught my 1st Stripe bass (about 70cm) in a 10 foot kayak last week and let me tell you it's different than being in a big boat or from the shore... Can't imagine the feeling it would be hooking a tuna.
Forgot to say that some big fish got caught on small size line. wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=Saltwater&cn=Tuna,%20bluefin
I didn't see a fish at all.... For all I know you hooked a submarine.
Joel bruh idc if this comment 3 years old im lmaooo 😂😂
Am I missing something here? what Blue Fin !!!
Moved from behind him to in front so quickly. Not a blue shark. Fought like a tuna. Didn't jump like a mako. The speed when you passed the pots was impressive.
Way to stick it out. Keep charging Bro and your get the next one!
Wow normaly you have to put a fish on a scale to know what it weighs. This guy doesnt even need to see it.
Chris W stfu
This guy is the biggest joke ever. That tuna was 100lbs if he was lucky. And that rod would of snapped if it was anything over 200lbs. Also if that was a 400 lb fish that shitty reel he had would of melted immediately
Actually, you can. A good spinning reel will apply 40lbs of pressure and the kayak itself acts as a drag since it is moving through the water (as you can see in the video). It's true he has no idea of the size of the fish, but it's most definitely more than 100lbs (I've caught a couple of those on spinning gear).
Wow, super impressive. I would have like to have seen you land this monster and smash the world record.
If it was even 250 it would've spooled that tiny reel.
If you were on a large boat or stationary object, you'd be spooled by a 50 pound tuna or jack with that rig, but on a Kayak, you just would get towed around...while I doubt this fish was anywhere near 400 pounds, it could have been pretty big still.
You get towed when a fish is tired and can't make hard runs. A big tuna wouldn't get tired very fast, assuming your not using 30lbs of drag to begin with.
Either the drag sucked or he had it as tight as it would go
@@CatchingtheCraze No, you definetly get towed in a kayak with a big fish like a tuna; a small blue fish of around 10lbs towed my kayak a couple hundred feet a few month ago on a light spinning tackle. I recently hooked a bluefin myself on my heavier gear and though I didn't see it and it broke off quite early it spun me around and towed me for a few minutes, but as I said I broke off within the minute from faulty knot. The kayak has so little drag on the water that a 30lbs wheel will pull you if you just close the drag, until the fish starts diving.
Great video, fight, fishing, thanks for editing it down, better luck next time!
Sorry, But I did not see any Tuna in that video. How can you say it was a 400 lb. Bluefin Tuna, when it snapped you off.
Hope you had someone come get you. I'd hate to paddle back those 15 miles
Well, that's another source of locomotion. We had wind, steamer, in-combustion, and now tunafish.
Hey Dave, I shared it on Kayak Fishing Videos on Facebook, hope you bring the next one back home ;)
All of you questioning his 400 pounder, come on, he must of got a glimpse
of its SCALES 😜
How heavy was your line ?
Epic. I hope I get such an opportunity someday.
Yer man was very cool after losing that fish after 4 hours fighting ! I'd be crying or cursing, or both ! but then, I've only ever had a few mackerel off my kayak
I also carry fins & a mask, good thinking and congrats on the catch!
Nice Fight! Totally the old man and the sea scenario!
That wasn’t a tuna that was a shark it had to be
Well that isnt a hobie. 24km (~15miles) is definetly possible but not exactly a short peddle. my gps says my revo average between 3.5 to 4 mph with turbo fins at a pretty brisk pace (no current or wind). I more realistic pace at that distance would be closer to 3mph
Would love to have one of the worlds fastest fish tow me around like that... nice video!!! Ocean was nice and calm.. nice weather
That's not far, around 24km I have done that in my Hobie Revolution 13 kayak without any support.
Damn fish, i'll bet it's arms were tired too! I know this is old but what unbuttoned? I can tell what coast you're on by the spinning reel.
DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE FISH?
I think he was doing fine until he got the pole arced over so far it put too much tension on the line.
Question is, what was he going to do with if he got it to the boat? If he could kill it, he could lash it aside, but otherwise even if it tires out it's just going to be him and the fish laying there 4 miles offshore.
It would have been nice if a big boat could have come along and help him land it.
What a ride.
Wow. That rod slamming down got my attention and that was once heck of a fast sleigh ride.
Just wait fellas there will be a bluefin landed off a kayak on capecod this year...... BFOAK2024
Did you get hurt when the line slapped?
Damn. Must have been crazy.
Lol you needed a drag net to slow that guy down haha
for all i know he was hooked on him self.
RDPeast158 I like the way you think but I cannot believe you just called a Van Staal a Cabo!! I believe that is a 250 Van Staal.
That was Awesome !!! If he stood up ??? He would literally be Wakeboarding or Surfing !!! 4 hours bent and lost the fish... What a heartbreaking day !!! Probably better off though ??? Because if he would have got it to the Kayak??? It probably would have tipped him over or worse??? Probably pulled him under and drowned him !!! Amazing Hook up !!! Thumbs Up to You !!!
Unlucky bro! Cant believe how calm you looked when it broke off!
What was the rod and reel set up?
It's all fun and games until the :25sec mark... lawd!
So what do you have for a support boat. Noway you went 15 miles without support.
Wow gotta hand it to you 4 hours and it breaks...Sorry bout that man!
to bad you couldn't hook another one heading back towards shore
im not trying to hate but i dont think that rod can handle a 400 pound tuna
That sucks
Looks like the fish of a lifetime. Quite a sleigh ride. Awesome fish. Too bad you were woefully unprepared with a little spinner. If you had used a larger conventional with like 100 lb. test maybe you'd have landed that beast.
Hook and hold on damn this looks fun
What a waste.
fished tuna over Tweenty years caught a one hundred and fifty pounder of the clarion islands that took me three hours on forty pound test four hundred would strip that reel in five minutes don't get me wrong two hundred pounds will beat the shit out you with stand up gear buttttttt Budy not a four hundred pounder in a boat not kayak would test you big not on a bent butt rod stand up soooooo not
SoRRy For You
For you to say that everything this fisherman has done wrong is moronic. First, to hook u to a BFT in a kayak is a pretty amazing feat. Second, that is an offshore cabo spinnin rod built to withstand the power of a BFT. Last, he's enjoying the ride. Fish on!
He's a clown shouldn't be in the ocean find a circus instead!!!
Cool as it is to hook up from a kayak...4.5 hours is too long to fight a fish, it's basically torture. Would you like to be hooked in your jawbone, terrified, and fighting for your life for 4.5 hours? I personally would not. Think about it...
8 years later and you're still a douche
Probably a 90 lb blue shark......great fight.