By Capt. Kevin Goldberg
“Each and every giant bluefin is special and different,” says Capt. Kevin Goldberg of Marener Sportfishing. The Hillsborough attorney and his mate, plumber Mike Resetar, caught one that was more special than most during an April 20 fishing trip.
Here’s his account of that day and that fish:
It was supposed to be another striped bass trip. The plan was for my mate, Mike, and I to do a few hours of bass fishing on Saturday, then have an early dinner together.
It turned into the fish of a lifetime.
It was Friday, April 19 and I had a bass charter of a group of old middle school friends aboard my 39 Seavee, Marener. Fishing that morning was quite tough. We managed to land a couple of bass but that was it for the day, despite many, many marks and coming over thousands of fish.
So the plan for Saturday changed since I didn’t want to have that experience again.
Mike and I said to each other, “Why don’t we take a boat ride and look for some tuna?” We had heard ramblings of giant bluefin being seen down in the
