I present to you the new *pending* Virginia State Record Bluefin Tuna at 109" and 708#.
Caught aboard Toro out of Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach
Jake Hiles was the angler.
Jeff Landis was the mate.
The bite was at 4:17am this morning on a drifted stinky tinky, and the fish was gaffed at 5:10am. The fight was 53 minutes on anglers envy custom rod and penn 130vsx.
The existing record was held by Chase Robinson at 606#. Captain Jake was part of the crew that caught the 606# aboard "Ate Up". This one's for you Chase. Rest in Peace buddy. Records are meant to be broken but I always thought that if someone were going to break your record, it would be one of the boys.
