Congrats to Craig Petersen and his new IUSA YFT Record!

[Durango]

I wanted to post a short note congratulating Craig on having his 317lb Yellow Fin Tuna accepted as the new world record!
Way to go,
Todd

[Bill McIntyre]

Great news! Congratulations Craig.

Now where was that spot again? :D

[tommy7]

WTG Craig!

Tommy

[SpearMax]

:toast: Congrats Craig!

[Dave Edlund]

That's a fantastic fish. Congrats. Here is a complete list of IUSA World Records for those who want to see more.

http://iusarecords.com/world_record_list.php

[fishmustdie]

Thanks guys, here is a video of him being brought on board and some pics. Enjoy, I did :D BTW the scale was off by about a 1/2 lb, making the final weight 316.9lbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5icW9dnF5tM

[chuckle head]

grats man...thats a monster

[amasterp1322]

wow what a nice fish. Once I get enough experience my uncle is the captain of a commercial boat and goes to Samoa and catches tuna and told me I could go and work for him and he would let me shoot one. Can't wait till I have enough experience to take one down of that size. :thumps:

[PainKilla]

Congrats!
Gun? Bands? Tip? Line/Float/Reel? Depth? Distance?
Gun Line? Breakaway Line?
DUDE! You da Man!

[ocfirefly]

congrats on beautiful fish....trophy fish!!!

[tom harding]

good news, craig. congratulations.

although i hope your record stands for awhile, i'm sure folks are out there busting their asses trying to top it. if memory serves right, the h&l record is around 390 lbs., so there's still plenty of room for bumping the record upwards. with any luck, it will be craig again next season.

[Prodigal Son]

Congratulations! I'm glad things worked out for you.

[WESTBURY]

Nice! :thumps: That is the Holy Grail of spearfishing records in my opinion.
Shooting a cow YFT over 200 pounds is the Mount Everest of our sport.
Congratulations Craig, great job!

[biggsy]

Congrats! That is some fish! :up:

[chasintail]

Nice.Thats looks like Acevado JR in the pic.

Being a WORLD record,why is this posted in the California section?You guys know that there are other forums,right?

[tommy7]

Nice.Thats looks like Acevado JR in the pic.

Being a WORLD record,why is this posted in the California section?You guys know that there are other forums,right?


Really...where? :confused: :eek: :rolleyes:

Hey Nick, doing any diving to speak of lately?

[chasintail]

Dove the midnight lump thursday.

[tommy7]

How was the lump...did you post a report anywhere?

BTW, I don't know Craig but he seems like a really good guy! Nice WR (again ;)

[fishmustdie]

Thanks Tommy, I would love to get to know you, maybe on a WSB hunt? :D
Anyway, for those interested I used a Kitto tuna gun 65" (made by Ray Klefstad) 3/8 shaft 5/64 cable shooting line (800lb) 5" Alexander tricut slip tip, 5 5/8 bands. I used a Kitto 75 foot bungee with a homemade divinicyl float.

That is Acevedo's boy, I'm drawing a blank on his name right now but what an awesome kid.

[chasintail]

That is Acevedo's boy, I'm drawing a blank on his name right now but what an awesome kid.[/QUOTE]


Noah

[tommy7]

It's Captn Noah to you mate :cool:

[Freedro]

Craig, I never had a doubt you'd get the IUSA record! Congratulations!!! (again)

[Mobile Diver]

I think that fish rates a HOLY SHIT!!! :thumps: :thumps: :thumps: :thumps:

[Red Tide]

Congratulations Craig. What a beautiful catch. :thumps:

[Durango]

Nice.Thats looks like Acevado JR in the pic.

Being a WORLD record,why is this posted in the California section?You guys know that there are other forums,right?

Because Craig is from California, most of us know or know of him and are proud to have another californian to wear the YFT crown. I was going to post in the coon ass section but it seems like a lot of you guys are here anyway.