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Rare ‘cow’ tuna landed off Cabo San Lucas as bite heats up

The term applies only to yellowfin tuna weighing 200 pounds or more. More rare are “super cows” weighing at least 300 pounds.

A 208-pound yellowfin tuna was landed Sunday off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, helping to signal the start of another big-fish season at the iconic resort destination.

“COW TUNA Yesterday hitting the Pisces dock!” the Pisces Sportfishing Fleet boasted via social media. “This 208-pounder was landed by anglers Diego Bribiesca & Jesús Rodríguez aboard the boat Scale House (not a Pisces boat). The fish hit on a yellow/orange lure 35 miles out.”

Late summer and fall are prime months for anglers seeking to battle massive and immensely powerful yellowfin tuna, along with blue marlin and other prized game fish.

Pisces continued: “We should see the Tuna hold now all the way through to the beginning of November, just in time for the [Western Outdoor News] Tuna Jackpot Tournament.”

A yellowfin tuna earns “cow” status at 200 pounds. More rare are “super-cow” yellowfin weighing at least 300 pounds.

According to the International Game Fish Assn., the current world record was set off Cabo San Lucas in September 2012 with the catch of a 427-pound yellowfin tuna.

Yellowfin catches topping 400 pounds are exceedingly rare.

–Image courtesy of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet

Los Cabos angler lands massive “cow” tuna, first of season

Nathan Browne’s catch could signal an early start to the season for catching giant yellowfin tuna off Cabo San Lucas.

A report from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, implies that the first “cow” yellowfin tuna of 2024 was likely caught Saturday after a two-hour fight in the Sea of Cortez.

“First COW of the season!? 270 POUND Yellowfin Tuna Caught Yesterday by La Playita local Nathan Browne on 50 lb test with live bait aboard his friend Miguel’s Panga,” Pisces Sportfishing Fleet announced Sunday via social media.

Cabo San Lucas has long been referred to as the marlin capital of the world, but giant yellowfin tuna attract international anglers every summer and fall.

A yellowfin tuna earns “cow” status if it tops 200 pounds. More rare are “super-cow” tuna weighing at least 300 pounds.

According to the International Game Fish Assn., the current world record was set off Cabo San Lucas in September 2012 with the catch of a 427-pound yellowfin tuna.

Yellowfin catches topping 400 pounds are exceedingly rare.

–Image courtesy of Pisces Sportfishing Fleet

Los Cabos tourist refuses to back away from bull, pays the price

The woman seems more intent on gathering her belongings than walking away from the stray bull.

Lots of crazy things happen on the beaches of Los Cabos, Mexico, but being attacked by a bull has to be a rare event.

The accompanying footage shows a woman being knocked down by a bull that had just been harassed by dogs at La Fortuna in Baja California Sur’s East Cape region.

Unfortunately for the tourist, she seemed more concerned about gathering her belongings than walking away from the beast. (Video contains salty language from others imploring the woman to back off.)

The clip was shared via X by BCS Noticias under the translated description: “Bull that was confronted by a trio of dogs had attacked a woman; The events occurred on La Fortuna beach, in BCS.”

In the footage, the woman is rammed and knocked down by the bull, which apparently had strayed from a nearby ranch.

It was not clear if the woman suffered serious injuries.

Mystery surrounds rare crocodile discovery on Baja beach

A crocodile carcass was found on a beach in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur on Friday in what might be a first-of-its-kind discovery.

A crocodile carcass was found on a beach in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur on Friday in what might be a first-of-its-kind discovery.

“It is the first time that we have found something like this on our beaches,” Pepe Murrieta, 50, a lifelong BCS resident, stated on Facebook.

Murrieta spotted the 9-foot reptile on the sand at 9 a.m. at Cabo Pulmo National Park in the state’s East Cape region.

American crocodiles are found in tropical regions on Mexico’s mainland, across the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez. Wild crocodiles are not found on the Baja California peninsula, where the desert climate is not suitable.

Murrieta, who runs a dive center and restaurant at Cabo Pulmo, noted that the crocodile’s death “seemed recent since it was still in perfect temperature and complete.”

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However, Murrieta told FTW Outdoors that the carcass was partially covered in barnacles and that “it looks like it was in the sea for a while.”

He said the crocodile might have drifted across the gulf during recent storms. But the carcass showed no signs of predation.

Wild Canyon Adventures, south of Cabo Pulmo in Los Cabos, states on its website that it exhibits crocodiles and other “rescue animals” in its animal sanctuary.

Spokeswoman Wendoly Gil told FTW Outdoors that all animals are accounted for and remain “under our care and protection.”

Gil said that perhaps the crocodile was formerly cared for by a now-defunct zoo in the town of Santiago. Another recently shuttered local facility also kept captive crocodiles.

It remains unclear whether those reptiles were sold as exotic pets or placed elsewhere.

Murrieta said government scientists collected the carcass he found and scheduled a necropsy to confirm the species and determine a probable cause of death.