Pat McCrory, Governor
Donald R. van der Vaart, Secretary
Release: Immediate
Contact: Patricia Smith
Date: June 27, 2015
Phone: 252-726-7021
State certifies new record skipjack tuna
MOREHEAD CITY – The North Carolina Division of Marine
Fisheries has certified a new state record for skipjack tuna.
Timothy Ray Street of Valdese hooked the
32-pound, 8-ounce-fish May 24 at the Rock Pile, a series of rock
ledges in the Gulf Stream, about 23 miles out of Hatteras Inlet.
The fish measured 37 inches fork length (tip
of the nose to the fork in the tail) and had a girth of 25 inches. Street
caught it using ballyhoo for bait on 80-pound test line.
Street’s catch bested
the previous state record of 32 pounds, zero ounces, caught off Hatteras in
2014. The world record skipjack tuna weighed 45 pounds, 4 ounces, and was
caught off of Baja, Mexico in 1996.
For more information, contact Carole Willis,
with the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Tournament, at 252-808-8081 or carole.y.willis@ncdenr.gov.
State Record Skipjack Tuna
Caught by Timothy Ray Street in the Gulf Stream off Hatteras
32 pounds 5 ounces
Feb. 8, 2016
Caught by Timothy Ray Street in the Gulf Stream off Hatteras
32 pounds 5 ounces
Feb. 8, 2016
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