Based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Merrill Brooks Smith guides InComm Payments, a firm that he established in Atlanta, GA, in the early 1990s. Passionate about boating and fishing, Merrill Brooks Smith owns and operates the “Uno Mas” and seeks out game fish such as yellowfin tuna.
Distinguished from its closest relative, the bluefin tuna, by the yellowish hue of its fins, the yellowfin tuna has larger pectoral fins than other tuna and can reach up to 400 pounds and eight feet in length. Powerful and possessing extensive musculature, it can attain top speeds of 50 mph. As an open-ocean, epipelagic species, the yellowfin tuna inhabits a range that is neither directly in contact with the coast nor the sea bottom. Rather, its boundary is defined by the depth to which light penetrates, typically 330 feet.
The yellowfin tuna is a social species that congregates in schools that sometimes contain a variety of predatory fish. They may also swim in the vicinity of porpoise and dolphin pods and are attracted to debris that floats near the surface. These distinctive habits influence the strategies of deep-sea anglers in search of this prized fish species.
Distinguished from its closest relative, the bluefin tuna, by the yellowish hue of its fins, the yellowfin tuna has larger pectoral fins than other tuna and can reach up to 400 pounds and eight feet in length. Powerful and possessing extensive musculature, it can attain top speeds of 50 mph. As an open-ocean, epipelagic species, the yellowfin tuna inhabits a range that is neither directly in contact with the coast nor the sea bottom. Rather, its boundary is defined by the depth to which light penetrates, typically 330 feet.
The yellowfin tuna is a social species that congregates in schools that sometimes contain a variety of predatory fish. They may also swim in the vicinity of porpoise and dolphin pods and are attracted to debris that floats near the surface. These distinctive habits influence the strategies of deep-sea anglers in search of this prized fish species.
