Everyone on board helped land the fish. They used multiple gaffs and a tail rope to boat the big tuna. David Esslinger and a group of buddies headed offshore from Galveston, Texas around daybreak on ...

Troy Lancaster might have broken a Texas record with his whopper of a bluefin tuna. Screen grab from Center of Sportfish and Science Conservation's Facebook page An epic battle between a giant bluefin ...

A pending Texas state record bluefin tuna, described by Esslinger as "the size of a car," was hauled in after an epic five-hour battle off the coast, near a floating rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

A Port Arthur man and his friends reeled in their 'white whale' last week, well in this case a massive bluefin tuna that one would be forgiven in mistaking for a whale. The Bluefin Tuna is trophy fish ...

A Texas fisherman may have landed a new state record after reeling in a “giant” 884-pound bluefin tuna off the coast of Galveston, photos show. David Esslinger set out with a crew of friends at 6 a.m.

Texas is known for quality fishing and hunting, but recent bluefin tuna action has offshore captains excited. For the second time in two years, the Texas state record for bluefin tuna has likely been ...

A nearly 700-pound bluefin tuna found in the waters off the coast of Texas shocked anglers who struggled for two hours to reel in the rare catch, breaking a fishing rod in the process. Captain Tim ...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Take a look at the one that didn’t get away – but definitely tried. An exhausted Captain Tim Oestreich shows off his fishing pole, snapped in two by the beast of a fish lying ...

David Esslinger and crewmates pose with an 884-pound bluefin tuna caught off the coast of Galveston, Texas. Screengrab from Facebook post by David Esslinger. A Texas fisherman may have landed a new ...