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[*] posted on 10-2-2014 at 08:50 AM


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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
There's a great deal of information on the physiology of tuna on the internet. Information that explains their incredible speed and endurance. Enlarged heart. Greater O2 concentrations in blood. Resistance to lactic acid buildup. Blood temps higher than surrounding water.

Their mode of swimming is also unique, very different from yellowtail.


I believe tuna only use their tail to swim. When you see them on the deck after being boated their tail is going a mile a minute but the rest of their body isn't moving. The jacks, yellowtail and amberjacks to name two, will be swinging about the last third of their body. Also I agree with Pescador in that the yellowtail in our area of the Sea of Cortez are noticeably stronger than ones on the pacific side. Not sure why but I have seen more that one group get fooled thinking 25 or 30 lb line will be heavy enough around the Mulege area. I've caught plenty of tuna in the 40/50 lb range and yellowtail in the same range in open water and for me the jacks just are a bigger handful. But you know what, at the end of the day, they are all great fighters and good to eat.
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