Fred Bodin Submits-
Tonight (Sunday 8/18/13) Janet and I went to the final hour of the Waterfront Festival. After a brief stop in the gallery, we decided to take our cars to Captain Carlo’s for dinner, and on the way to our cars, Janet pointed out a large motor yacht tied up at the Fort. I immediately saw the possibilities of an interesting post of our old harbor and what’s ahead in the future, so I told her I’d meet her after taking a few shots from behind Latitude 43.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a very large tuna being unloaded at the Intershell dock. The tuna boat was Second Source of Marblehead. Even the Intershell fish cutter/processor (orange foul weather pants) was taking photos of this exceptional fattie monster tuna.
It looks like they were in awe of this fish. The Intershell employee is holding a fillet knife to cut out samples to check for quality, and they’re all hoping it won’t fall on them. That would be bad – real bad. Taking into account the relative size of the fishermen, we estimate this tuna to be at least 12 feet in length. Tomorrow, I’m walking down to Intershell and getting us a piece of this beautiful giant for the grill. This island we live on is very, very special.
Good Morning Gloucester 
That tuna is going to Japan.
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Enjoyed your story and photos Fred! WOW to that tuna–I hope it tastes Great!
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Here are the stats on the Monster Bluefin Tuna: Over 950 pounds, each of the four flank fillets weighed over 100 pounds, and it was flown directly to Japan this morning. Thanks to Todd from Intershell https:(//www.facebook.com/pages/Intershell-International/183061263208) for the info. Truly, a legendary fish. So I bought two beautiful pink-red steaks hacked off a fresh flank, plus some Wianno oysters. While talking to Schmoopie of Tiny Island Beach Glass (http://www.tinyislandbeachglass.com/) on the way back to the gallery, a Sicilian man overheard my story and told me how to cook tuna: “Marinate a little while in lemon and olive oil, and then put it on the grill.” The sidewalk cooking instructions were followed, and the tuna tasted great. Only in Gloucester.
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That is a BIG fish. Wow.
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Not surprising that Bob Hansen and the crew of the Second Source would land another 900 pound + fish. Though he chooses to fly under the radar in place of TV shows and easy recognition, Bob is undeniably one of the most talented, and well equipped (owner of http://www.hansenmarine.com/) captains in the fleet.
Go get another one Bob…
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