FISH OF THE WEEK

Monday, November 07, 2005
It took 21/2 hours for Mike Cranford (left) of Canby to land a 230-pound yellowfin tuna during a September trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Cranford fished with his stepfather, Chuck Stein (right) of Woodburn, Steve Suza of Oregon City and Lee Gamble of West Linn. Cranford, a state corrections officer, said the tuna was far stronger than large halibut he has caught in Alaska and that it twice nearly emptied the spool of line on his reel. He said his three companions offered to help fight the fish, but Cranford stuck it out to the end. They split the tuna and several dorado when they returned to Oregon.

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