Spear fisherman scores:
Craig Petersen traveled to Puerto Vallarta last week in pursuit of giant tuna and came away with a 317-pound yellowfin that may land him in the record books.
An hour later, the hunter had his prize. The current International Underwater Spearfishing Assn. record is 311.3 pounds.
Petersen, a San Juan Capistrano chiropractor, settled at 50 feet when a lone behemoth emerged in the blue haze. He fired his spear gun from 20 feet, whereupon the great fish bolted, taking line attached to a float.
Blue-water hunters dive deep and hold their breath for minutes at a time, and often lie in ambush alongside or amid schools of baitfish.
