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Long Range Sportfishing I have been “hooked” on fishing for tuna since my days of being a deckhand on a six-pack boat off the South Texas Coast during the summers of my high school years. The blackfin tuna that were occasional catches not only fought harder for their size than the more common king mackerel and mahi, they were excellent eating. At that time, the IGFA record was around 40-pounds and we were getting fish in the high 30’s’. I never did catch a record but the seed was planted in me as a tuna junkie. Years passed including school,…