As a follow-up to my post yesterday on Fishing Superstitions, I’ve been trying to track down the origin of eating the heart of a tuna the first time you catch one. No one has been able to tell me yet where or how it started. Some people have questioned whether or not it was really true or just a fishing tale. Well, it’s definitely true. I found several videos, on different boats of people eating tuna hearts, but this one was the best illustration of it (in my opinion). It takes place on the Searcher, one of the long range boats out of San Diego.
What do you think? Would you do it? Can anyone tell me where it came from or how this tradition started? Let me know. Tight lines!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4WgNRRGEiQ]
at 4:26 pm
So Salty what does Tuna heart taste like?
at 4:37 pm
Don’t know yet, but I aim to find out next weekend!
at 5:52 pm
Good Luck!
at 7:36 am
When I started hunting deer as a kid in Oregon, I was introduced to a similar tradition. “After you shoot it, you can eat the heart.” I “can” eat the heart? Gee, thanks. Here I’ve been sitting, wondering if you’d let me eat the heart, and now all my dreams are coming true!
It kind of tells you about the people I grew up with. They considered it a right of passage, and one I should be looking forward to. Eventually, I got my deer, but was not required to eat the heart. Thankfully, I wasn’t subjected to ridicule either.
I’d probably tackle a squishy tuna heart though. I’m not sure if I could jam my finger into the gill slit and remove the still beating organ from the fish however. That was a bit macabre for even me.
at 7:49 am
If the deckhand goes in there and grabs it, I may not paint myself with it like the guy in the video, but I’ll throw down. Great to fish with you yesterday buddy. Nice to catch up. Take care
at 6:30 pm
This video alone may have spawned an idea for next years mancation…
at 8:41 pm
Come on out! Also think about ICAST. I plan to spend some time fishing out there.