Hundreds of fishermen are scrambling to get hold of the deep-water sea monster that’s been swimming inshore since summer
Giant ‘monster’ tuna weighing up to 600 pounds has sparked a bluefin gold rush among Big Apple anglers
A rare influx of giant tuna—weighing up to 600 pounds—has sparked a bluefin gold rush among Big Apple anglers. Many pleasantly shocked line-sinkers told The Post they’ve fished the waters off New York City their entire lives without witnessing a phenomenon like this. Colesanti, 29, is one of many NYC anglers targeting the unprecedented glut of trophy Atlantic bluefin tuna, the largest of the 15 species, which can grow to 13 feet long and weigh up to 2,000 pounds.
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Colesanti, 29, is one of many NYC anglers targeting the unprecedented glut of trophy Atlantic bluefin tuna
(That’s bigger than an Alaskan brown bear). Normally associated with deep waters off New England and elsewhere, supersize specimens surfaced over the summer and fall within view of the Gotham skyline—and hundreds of tuna junkies are scrambling to land an NYC sea monster.
“Boats would catch the occasional ‘ghost,’ which is what we always referred to tuna as because we would see them—jumping and busting on the surface—but never catch them,” Colesanti, who appears on the upcoming Season 11 of National Geographic’s acclaimed fishing show “Wicked Tuna,” told The Post. “This year, they came into our waters, settled in — and we targeted them for over three months.”
A near 20-year veteran of the New York charter community, Richard Colombo pursued these inshore giants for the first time this summer. “We’ve never ever caught them like this,” said Colombo, 43, founder of the Brooklyn-based Rockfish Charters. “You see 200 boats out there and each is hooking a tuna—that’s a legit fishery.”
After several failed excursions of his own, the former commodities trader finally hooked his virgin bluefin on the Rockaway Reef in August. Along with other successful hunters, he uploaded photos of his big catch to social media. From there, tuna fever spread like wildfire in NYC.
Too small to be true
This Swiss mini gun is the world’s tiniest revolver
The Swiss Mini Gun holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest functioning revolver in the world. It measures 5.5 cm long, 3.5 cm tall and 1 cm wide, weighing only 19.8 gm. It’s so easy to conceal that countries like the United States and the United Kingdom have made the Swiss Mini Gun illegal to import. But while its reduced size may be unusual, this tiny firearm has the same features as a normal-sized double-action revolver.
Its manufacturing was only possible by employing techniques used in the Swiss watchmaking and jewellery industries. The common C1ST stainless steel model of the Swiss Mini Gun comes with a stylish leather holder, 24 live and 24 blank cartridges, and a cleaning set. The holster features a keyring that can be clipped to a belt loop. The price listed on the Swiss Mini Gun website is 6,300 Swiss francs ($6,820) for exportation exempt of Swiss VAT. It also comes in a special 18K gold version delivered in a luxurious green-tinted maple wood box.
She looks like Carrot Top
A now-viral video of American actress Kathy Griffin first shared with her two million followers is drawing comparisons to fellow ginger stand-up comic Scott “Carrot Top” Thompson. “HEY BOYZZZ,” the funny firebrand captioned the short clip of her shaking her ta-tas on a balcony on Wednesday. “What can I tell ya? The girls wanted to see the Pacific Ocean,” Griffin told The Post on Thursday. Still, the Twitter verse was there to make a moment out of the fit 60-year-old’s latest in a long line of half-naked publicity stunts.
Kid calls NZ cop to find out if his toys are cool
An emergency call was made by a four-year-old New Zealand boy asking for the police to come over and check out his toys. Police shared the audio and a photo on social media of the smiling boy, noting that while they don’t encourage children to call the emergency number, the incident was “too cute not to share.”
Hong Kong launches a ‘sleeping bus tour
The 76-km, five-hour ride on a regular double-decker bus around the territory is meant to appeal to people who are easily lulled asleep by long rides. It was inspired by the tendency of tired commuters to fall asleep on public transit. Tickets cost between $13 and $51 per person, which includes a goodie bag.
Woman secretly builds a $47 million company
A savvy businesswoman managed to build a fashion firm now worth a whopping $47 million, while keeping it hidden from her parents for two years. Australian fashion guru Jane Lu started Showpo in 2010, selling clothes online.
A sword in a stone
An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country’s Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders. Israel’s Antiquities Authority said on Monday the man was on a weekend dive in nothern Israel when he spotted a trove of ancient artefacts that included anchors, pottery and a metre-long sword. The diver was about 150 m off the coast in five-meter-deep water when he made the discovery, which is estimated to be 900 years old.
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