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Blue Fin
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Bluefin Tuna Sighted off SC Coast.<br><br>Captain Jim Pedersen of Yonges Island reported encountering a school of<br>bluefin tuna on March 17, 2002 off Charleston in 60 feet of water. <br>Captain<br>Pedersen reported that he was returning from a snapper/grouper trip <br>when he<br>chanced upon the school. They first saw a large number of small terns<br>circling and diving about 2 miles east of the Charleston 60 artificial <br>reef.<br>Slowing down and moving to the congregated birds, they saw large <br>tuna-like<br>fish swimming just under the surface. Over the next hour to hour and <br>a<br>half, they followed the school as it moved south watching the fish<br>occasionally break the surface with their backs as they chased <br>baitfish.<br>One fish, estimated at 150 pounds, jumped clear of the water along with<br>several encounters with the fish passing near the boat provided a <br>positive<br>ID. With only one 50 pound test outfit among their rods, they rigged a<br>ballyhoo on a blue and white seawitch but were unsuccessful in their <br>attempt<br>to destroy the outfit at the fins of a bluefin.<br><br>This is one of the latest winter reports of bluefin tuna being sighted <br>off<br>the SC coast but the location of the sighting is in an area where they <br>have<br>been reported sighted in previous years. The winter of 2002 saw the <br>fewest<br>reports of these giant tuna off SC.<br><br>Anyone with additional information about bluefin off SC is encouraged <br>to<br>report their information to Don Hammond.<br><br><br>This information provided as a courtesy of the Marine Resources <br>Division of<br>the SC Department of Natural Resources.<br><br><A HREF="http://link" target="_new">www.multimania.com/gamecentral</A>
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