Ya'all ain't gonna believe this! Tuna on the beach!?!
I was at Crystal Cove Beach today, near Reef Point and came across this...
A TUNA!! Looks like about a 30 pound or so Yellowfin, maybe a bluefin, hard to tell because it looks like it's been dead a few days and is all faded and the eyeballs are missing. I'm going by the length of the Pec fins. Anyway, the only thing I can figure is either someone would have had to dump it there as a joke, but walking a 30+ pound fish down to CC beach seems like a lot of work when you can just drive up to some other beaches, or maybe it fell off a tuna boat that was heading into the cannery in San Pedro and drifted in, or, maybe, it just got totally lost and ended up dying in the cold water up here. Anyway, I'm not trying to pull one over on anyone, I did actually find this thing today. If anyone wants to check there was a CC Ranger named Scott that saw this too and can verify it. Here's a wide shot showing the Reef Point rocks in the background.
Maybe we'll get an early run of tuna this year?? Anyway, I should have taken it to the Balboa Angling Club and claimed the 1st tuna of the year flag, LOL.
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Originally Posted by bigfishlittlefish
