Big-game tunny fishing off Scarborough
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big-game-tunny-fishing-off-scarborough-187-4550834
title:
Big-game tunny fishing off Scarborough
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Big-game tunny fishing off Scarborough was a sport practised by wealthy aristocrats and military officers mostly in the 1930s. The British Tunny Club was founded in Scarborough in 1933 and had its headquarters there. The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) is a large and powerful fish, arguably the strongest fish in the world, which is frequently the target of big-game fishermen. Off the Yorkshire coast in that era various records were made for size of tunny caught with rod and line. Tunny w
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Sport of English gentleman in 1930s
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-game_tunny_fishing_off_Scarborough
date created:
2013-06-28T14:30:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T09:10:55Z
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