Karen Wright, a mother-of-two from Watsons Bay, has hauled in a world record sized tuna of the coast of Sydney Heads. Karen Wright of Watsons Bay wouldn’t be the first Sydneysider to take the day off to go fishing but she is the first to reel in a whopping 144 kilogram tuna. “It took just over 30 minutes,” Wright explains.
“Once it hit the lure it took off at 100 miles an hour. There was no stopping it, so I decided to play reverse psychology with it and let it run.”
“But then it was a matter of pump and wind and we used the weight of the boat to reel it in.”
Currently being assessed as a potential world-record catch, the fish is worth up to $4,000. But it won’t be a pay day because recreational anglers are not allowed to sell their catches.
Instead Karen shared it with her mates at the Sydney Game Fishing Club.
“It was cut up and divided between a mass of people who came flying through the doors of the fishing club. It was gone in a matter of minutes.”
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