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Guide recollects surface brawl with 110-pound yellowfin tuna
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Jason Barber with the 110-pound yellowfin tuna he caught on a topwater plug around Hoover Diana platform, roughly 130 miles offshore from Port Aransas. COURTESY PHOTO / JASON BARBER
Cedar Creek fishing guide Jason Barber is a burly guy who has tangled with some large fish over the years. Ask and he’ll tell you a blue catfish with a weight problem is no match for a heavyweight yellowfin tuna.
“They’re brutes,” Barber said. “They’ll definitely make you question your manhood.”
Barber should know. He joined the yellowfin century club on a muggy evening in late November.
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