Giant tuna capsizes fisherman's boat

IT was an awesome catch - a 231 Ibs tuna. But when Hawaiian fisherman Anthony Wichman finally hauled the whopping fish on board, his boat capsized under the weight. Unbelievably it got worse from there.

Sky News reports the 54-year-old was thrown into the sea where his leg became caught in the fishing line, dragging him under water.

Wrestling his way free before his breath ran out, Mr Wichman managed to climb back on board the wreckage of his sunken boat. He called his wife. She sent out a distress call.

The US Coast Guard helicopter rushed to rescue Mr Wichman. He was taken to hospital with minor injuries while his friends arrived on a second boat to rescue his vessel and tow it back to port.

Fisherman Anthony Wichman's boat was sunk by this whopping tuna. Picture: US Coast Guard

The tuna? Remarkably, that was still attached to the line.

"At the end of the day, we couldn't have asked for a better rescue," Lieutenant Jessica Mickelson, of the US Coast Guard, told Sky News.

"Mr Wichman was delivered safely to shore with minimal injuries and he and his friends will have quite the indisputable tale to tell."

He also has a lot of fish to eat.