新罕布什尔州渔民捕获1116磅蓝鳍金枪鱼，打破州纪录
据WMUR电视台报道，新罕布什尔州一名渔民在该州海岸捕获了一条重达1116磅的蓝鳍金枪鱼，打破了保持十多年的州纪录。这条巨型金枪鱼比2013年创下的前纪录重了150多磅，被老渔民称为“一生一次的渔获”。
据报道，渔民布兰登·麦格尔（Brandon McGirl）上周六登上由杰米·萨维奇（Jamie Savage）船长驾驶的“Out of Line”号渔船，从拉伊港（Rye Harbor）出发进行夜间垂钓。当天海况不佳，鱼群长时间没有咬钩，就在船员准备收工时，麦格尔的鱼线轮突然开始转动。“它们总是在你最意想不到的时候出现，”麦格尔说。
接下来是一场艰苦的搏斗。船员追逐这条大鱼约一英里才将其拖到船边，巨型金枪鱼不断下潜、狂奔，船员轮流握竿。由于鱼太大无法吊上甲板，他们只能将其拖回港口再用吊车吊出水面。“我们把它吊出水面，立刻就知道它比我们想象的大得多，是我们见过的最大的鱼，”萨维奇船长说。
过秤结果为1116磅。麦格尔表示：“如果你钓了很久金枪鱼，钓到一条1000磅以上的鱼，那真是梦想成真。”
据报道，这条金枪鱼将被送往鱼市出售——这种体型的蓝鳍金枪鱼价格不菲，有可能远销拥有全球最赚钱的金枪鱼拍卖的日本；鱼尾将留在港口作为打破纪录的纪念。据《纽约邮报》报道，照片显示这条金枪鱼的长度几乎与两名男子身高相当，庞大的身躯几乎塞满整条船。
大西洋蓝鳍金枪鱼是海洋中力量最强的鱼类之一，能在数周内横渡大西洋；新英格兰的季末渔场常有巨物现身，但达到麦格尔这条纪录之鱼体型的，凤毛麟角。
New Hampshire Fisherman Lands 1,116-Pound Bluefin Tuna, Smashing State Record
RYE, N.H. — A New Hampshire fisherman has caught a 1,116-pound bluefin tuna off the state's Seacoast, smashing a state record that had stood for more than a decade and landing what veteran anglers call the catch of a lifetime, WMUR reported.
Brandon McGirl boarded the Out of Line, a Savage Charters NH boat captained by Jamie Savage, on Saturday for an overnight trip out of Rye Harbor, hoping to reel in anything that would bite. Conditions were rough, and after hours on the water with almost nothing to show for it, the crew was preparing to call it a night when McGirl's reel suddenly began clicking. "They never come when you expect them to come," McGirl said.
What followed was a grueling battle. The crew chased the fish for about a mile before getting it alongside the boat, taking turns on the rod as the giant tuna dove and ran. With no way to get the massive fish on deck, they towed it back toward the harbor and lifted it from the water with a hoist. "We lifted it out of the water and immediately knew it was way bigger than what we thought and bigger than anything either of us had seen before," Savage said.
The scale read 1,116 pounds — more than 150 pounds heavier than the previous New Hampshire record, set in 2013. "If you tuna fish for long time, to catch a 1,000-pound fish, is, I mean, it's something that you dream of," McGirl said.
The tuna is headed to market, where bluefin of this size command premium prices and could be shipped as far as Japan, home of the world's most lucrative tuna auctions. Its tail will remain at the harbor as a trophy of the record catch. A photo of the catch shows the tuna nearly as long as both men are tall, so big it barely fits in the boat, according to the New York Post.
Atlantic bluefin tuna are among the most powerful fish in the ocean, capable of crossing the Atlantic in weeks, and New England's late-season fishery regularly produces giants — but few the size of McGirl's record-breaker.
图片来源：图：水中游动的蓝鳍金枪鱼。摄影：Jean Ogden Just Chaos Photography，CC BY 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
