Well, well, well....looked what showed up for lunch off the beach, yes caught from the beach, in Point Pleasant this afternoon. While surfing, the web, I found the story on The Fisherman Magazine Facebook page HERE. I also saw it on the BassBarn HERE. There was eyewitnesses to the catch which was an 80+ pound bluefin tuna caught on either and Ava or a Rebel.
Posters started to question right away if the catch was legal since the angler didn't have a NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Permit) to keep that fish. In the same sentence was mention of the 881 pound bluefin caught last week and was confiscated because it was net and not line caught.
While reading about the sick bite down off LBI and IBSP over the last few weeks I have came across several threads where people were questioning the type and size of fish that were breaking them off in a hurry. I wonder if bluefins had moved in because of the tremendous amount of sand eels just off the beaches.
More to follow as the story develops...