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BowDownToLSU 
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| Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:28 pm)
The bluefin tuna caught off northeastern Japan fetched a record $736,000 in the first auction of the year at the fish market. The tuna was caught off Oma in Aomori prefecture and just north of the coast that was battered by the March 11 tsunami
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damn the Ax men and that paning for gold bull shite....I say we get a boat and head for the coast of Japan....$736,000 for one fricking fish 
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JDM1992
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:29 pm to BowDownToLSU)
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LSUAlum2001
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:30 pm to BowDownToLSU)
frick it.
I'm quitting my job and going bluefin tuna fishing for the rest of my life.
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LSUcdro
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:30 pm to BowDownToLSU)
thats a whole lot of Tuna, for one Asian
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Spankum
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:30 pm to BowDownToLSU)
I have always been amazed at what a prime bluefin will bring...catching the right fish is like winning the lottery...
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yurintroubl 
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:30 pm to BowDownToLSU)
That's a HUGE bluefin.
I caught an 86lb yellowfin in Cabo one year. Biggest one anyone had pulled in all month. fricker was DELICIOUS.
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15sammy34 
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:31 pm to JDM1992)
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What you did there was seen.
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KingRanch
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:31 pm to BowDownToLSU)
Yep
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Siderophore
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:31 pm to LSUcdro)
He was bought for a chain of sushi resturants.
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:32 pm to BowDownToLSU)
Tsunami radiation
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LSUAlum2001
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:35 pm to Spankum)
Imagine reeling in a bluefin tuna offshore in the Gulf.
I need to know who to call. 
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Scruffy 
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:36 pm to BowDownToLSU)
Thats nuts. I hear watching the auctions are awesome.
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:36 pm to BowDownToLSU)
How much did it weigh? Haven't seen it's weight yet
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Siderophore
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:37 pm to heygirl)
Close to 600 pounds.
And yes, it was purchased at far beyond market value.
There were emotional factors behind the high price.
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JimMorrison
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:38 pm to BowDownToLSU)
This isn't anything new. Big tuna have been fetching these prices in Japan for a while.
It's crazy.
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LSUAlum2001
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:38 pm to heygirl)
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How much did it weigh? Haven't seen it's weight yet
Nearly 600lbs.
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Waffle House 
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:38 pm to heygirl)
593-pound
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HoLeInOnEr05
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:40 pm to Waffle House)
I'm in the wrong frickin business
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GeauxWarTigers
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:41 pm to JDM1992)
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So this is where the money to pay Cam came from...
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| re: Bluefin tuna auctioned in Tokyo for record $736,000 (Posted on 1/4/13 at 9:41 pm to BowDownToLSU)
If pulling bluefins out of the Cantabrian Sea, aka the Bay of Biscay, were allowed, a beast of this calibre would be much more expensive. Much more.
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