Bluefin in the Tauranga harbour
I was enjoying a lovely family holiday away in Taupo, when suddenly I received one of the best phone calls of my life! “There’s a bluefin tuna in the Tauranga harbour”
Free diver Hayden Ensor couldn't believe his luck after an anonymous tipoff saw Hayden bring home a bluefin tuna from the Tauranga Harbour, Hear his story below!
I was enjoying a lovely family holiday away in Taupo, when suddenly I received one of the best phone calls of my life! “There’s a bluefin tuna in the Tauranga harbour”
I received an anonymous tip off and sent a message out to my group chat asking if any of the lads wanted to get in on the action which all I received were laughs and doubts
The tip off I received was “commercial boys dropped a bluefin tuna while unloading them into a truck, go and find it”
I somehow managed to con the old man and older brother into the mission but they didn’t wanna hop into the water - simply spectate
After 30 minutes of grid searching in 50cm vis and cold water I was quickly giving up hope.
The commercial boys were giving me a rough idea of where it might’ve gone but I was thinking the tide likely swept it away!
To my surprise as I did my last dive down, there she was! Gutted, gilled and wrapped in cloth! Perfect condition for the dinner table.
I yelled out that I found the bastard and everyone was cheering me on!
I took it straight home and got into cutting the sucker up, I didn’t want to freeze any so thought the best option was to keep what me & my family could eat over the next two days and give the rest away!
The one fish fed 15 different families and gave me a great yarn to tell!
