There are now 2 new IGFA world Yellowfin record contenders!

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When John Petruescu disembarks from the Excel on Sunday morning in San Diego, he probably will do so as the angler who has landed the largest yellowfin tuna on rod and reel. Petruescu is on his first-ever 16-day fishing expedition out of San Diego and was fishing at Hurricane Bank (960 miles southwest of San Diego), when he caught a massive tuna that will not be weighed until the vessel reaches Fisherman's Landing at about dawn Sunday.
However, in a satellite telephone interview, skipper Justin Fleck revealed that the yellowfin "taped out" at 459 pounds via a time-tested measurement formula that usually is fairly accurate.

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The California man who recently caught a yellowfin tuna weighing at least 420 pounds had set out on a mission. He wanted to catch a record-breaking fish and he did everything he could to get it. Guy Yocom, a businessman from Dana Point, is now awaiting official certification from the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) that would declare his tuna as a new world record. The organization is currently in the final stages of determining the official weight since two separate scales weighed the fish at 421.5 pounds and 427, respectively.

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