This is insane.
A lot of us have been on some basic fishing trips, reeling in a few bass, maybe some catfish, or maybe even some big ol’ muskie and pike up; north… the kind of fish that make us feel like kings and queens of the lake.
But a monster tuna? Most of us probably aren’t in that boat (no pun intended).
Last October, lifetime angler Michelle Bancewicz Cicale of Seabrook, New Hampshire, reeled in the catch of her life… by herself. We’re talking about a 643-pound Bluefin Tuna… completely solo.
When you see the video of Cicale trying to get the massive fish into her boat named “No Limits,” it’s mindboggling how much bigger this fish is than her.
It looks like it’ll sink the boat…
I mean seriously, one would think this is a David and Goliath story.
This specific catch was much larger than the average Bluefin Tuna, as National Geographic states that the average Atlantic Bluefin Tuna is 6.5 feet in length, and 550 pounds.
And perhaps the most mindboggling part, is the fact that this is only half of the New Hampshire state record for Bluefin Tuna in New Hampshire, as Garth Morin, Bruce DelleChiaie, and Rick Green landed a 962-pounder back in 2013, according to On The Water.
The word record comes in just shy of a whopping 1,500 pounds.
However, the Twitter crowd didn’t take too fondly of the catch, as the video drew a number of “but why?” type of responses.
Never had sushi? What do you think a tuna looks like?
Needless to say, the clueless Twitter mob let her have it:
all this for what?
— Shotokhan – Crypto trader (@Shotokhan1) July 9, 2022
I don't understand the celebration over killing the biggest and most glorious animal?
— Just Whatever (@LisaA31745884) July 9, 2022
There is nothing to celebrate here, it’s a tragedy
— Scott Raske موسى (@RaskeScott) July 9, 2022
Don’t worry she picked it up and threw it back in. I swear 🤞🏿
— CRYPTO(S) CIRCUS (@CryptosCircus) July 9, 2022
There is a gang of people in the comments feeling sympathetic over a tuna fish https://t.co/ZuNCwjgNCs
— Michael Medina (@my_kulll) July 10, 2022
Nice to see the end of its life was dignified. Half of its head hanging off being thrown back and forth until finally slapping down on the deck.
— Danny Dowling (@Danny_W_Dowling) July 10, 2022
Wow that's a huge fish. Kinda of sad that they caught it and probably killed it. That fish had to have been around for a long time to have grown so big.
— Shelly (@ShellyB0918) July 10, 2022
Wtf can you just let it live it's life in the ocean?!!! Sad to see such a majestic and glorious life taken away…
— Rick007 (@SI98158754) July 10, 2022
Clearly, folks on Twitter never caught a fish in their life…
And while the heavy sushi and sashimi demand has drastically reduced the population of Atlantic bluefin tuna (some of these bad boys can fetch over a million dollars per fish), populations have been rising in recent years thanks to conservation efforts.
In fact, according to national Geographic, the Atlantic bluefin tuna has been removed from the endangered species list.
Helluva catch Michelle.
