What's the largest Blue Fin Tuna caught on a kayak?

Well thats it, what's the largest Blue Fin Tuna, ( if any ) caught on a Yak?

Has there ever been a BFT caught on a kayak?  Don't they typically hang out w/ Albacore (way off shore)?

Chuck caught a nice YFT last Jun.  20#, I think.

Some of the guys in the NE catch schoolie bluefins near shore.

-Allen

The biggest tuna of any kind that I have seen on a yak was a nice yft that Jon Schwartz caught in PV.  It was around #40.  In typical Schwartz mode it was caught via mothership.  He has however bagged some FAT ulua lately without any mothershipping in Hawaii.

Saltwaterbastards sent me this photo, Why did he put duct tape over the name of the yak?

Probably a sponsor conflict...maybe with Mercury outboards?  JK its obvously an MK Pro E.

Now were talkin!!!

Probably a sponsor conflict...maybe with Mercury outboards?  JK its obvously an MK Pro E.

Funny.  This made me laugh! 

In any case, those tuna are great accomplishments on a kayak whether he paddled or mothershipped, IMO.  The tiny skip jack I caught on my RL trip gave me a run for my money.  Can't imagine the fight those brutes put up...

Indeed.  Just being a butthead for the sport of it...but from what I've seen Jon is a whacky dude.  He came to RL once while we were there for about two days...panga-yakked both days and then paddled out front in the eve.  He nailed a HUGE rooster by the lighthouse but spent so much time f'n with it to get a zillion photos it died.      To his credit he brought it back to eat his mistake...he clearly felt bad...that is a lot of strong tasting fish to eat!

Strong tasting? Would have been Harder tasting to not have eaten it. at least he did the right thing. Randall

I would be interested to see the video of how in the world you can subdue a 111 pound tuna on a yak.

I would think that a tuna that big would just find a yak attached to it to be a minor nuicance.

MolBasser

I would be interested to see the video of how in the world you can subdue a 111 pound tuna on a yak.

Jon told me about fighting the big tuna. Kayaks don't lend themselves to vertical fights. It sounded like pure torture. But landing the beast, that was plain crazy to see. And yes, Jon is one nutty dude. An enthusiastic guy who is probably having more fun than all of us put together.

Here's the link to his website. The video should be out fairly soon: http://www.bluewaterjon.com/