Near-record tuna caught - from a kayak
 

Wonder if he went for a little sleigh ride?


Near-record tuna caught - from a kayak
By Mary Ann Bragg
STAFF WRITER
November 05, 2009 1:57 PM
PROVINCETOWN - Part-time Yarmouth resident Dave Lamoureux, 42, a Wall Street trader from Chicago, caught a 157-pound tuna early this morning from his kayak off Race Point Beach in Provincetown.

Unfortunately for Lamoureux, the record for a tuna caught from a kayak is 187 pounds.

Lamoureux has been trying since August to beat world records set for tuna-fishing from a kayak. His tuna was weighed this afternoon at Goose Hummock in Orleans.

Lamoureux said he caught the tuna using his family's 12-foot kayak, after being out on the water at the "crack of dawn." He pulled it to the shore in the Cape Cod National Seashore. A boater came along and then helped him tow it to Fisherman's Wharf.

Since August he has caught a 60-pound tuna and an 80-pound one, and lost more than a dozen others. Lamoureux said he is pursuing the world record for the "adrenaline rush."



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Hope he has a HMS permit :rotf2:

(but it has GOT to be a rush if not a smidge damn dangerous)

Does he need a permit for that?

Wow.. Very cool
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November off Race Point in a kayak fighting a tuna? That is pushing your luck unless you have a boat on standby. August is one thing, November you die fast if you go over.

This guy isn't too smart if he don't have the permit. It is needed.

great reason to kill fish ///////. can you say E G O ><><<:fury::smash:

i happen to know Dave, he is not an egomaniac,that fish will not go in the dumpster.i am almost positive that he has the license. i told him how to get it for his kayak.he wouldn't be trying to set a record by taking fish illegally.

I permit is needed. There is no legal fishing for bluefin except from a permitted vessel. Regardless, this is an amazing accomplishment...I just hope he was legal.

Congrats to Dave on a great catch!

Dave does have the permit, as well as a %^$#load of safety gear and radio etc., but it is abit dangerous especially now.

I thought this did the resord for unassisted - yak out, catch, yak back - no assist boats- but maybe not. He texted me last night about it, I'll call him and get the scoop.

Better than killing fish for laughs on a website. Right now a bluefin is easier to come by than a bluefish.

Cool...

Great catch, must of been some sleigh ride. Don't know why everybody assumed the worst here?

YouTube - CapeCast: Man versus tuna!

congrats Dave...


and Wow... it ain't even winter yet, and the chill is on in here...
:doh:

Must of been some fight ...awesome,.

permit squalk is funny.

how long to land it? how long was the row back.

Good for the fisherman!!

Sure beats this fishing --> :fishin:

Awesome! He seems like a good guy on a mission.