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Kayak fishing in Israel – 95lb amberjack
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegall.../menash550.jpg This report is a dream that came true. I stated my kayak fishing trips 7 years ago and lot's of fisherman's thought I am crazy and I can said that I was the pioneer in Israel kayak fishing. The report Last Saturday I went fishing with 2 good friends from the Israeli kayak fishing forum. We launch at 6:00 am and we decided to paddle for two wreck's. After 40 min' we arrived to the first one and there were some fish on the screen. Since last year I use the vertical jigging fishing with very good results (not like this ) from the yak. After 2 hours of drifting from one side to the other side of the wreck without any attack on the jigs we decided to paddle to another wreck. I paddled fast to next wreck and I hooked up while I trolled a blue lour an 8lb tuna. After 3 min I gaff her and start piddling again to the wreck. I got there few min before my friends and I was amazed from the fact that the fish wasn’t there. Every time we got to this place its fool with small fish and today it was empty. I thought something is wrong with my fish finder. Meanwhile my friends arrived and their fish finder shown the some picture. The wreck is empty for the first time in the last year. i cant say that I didn't thought that something big is swimming around and that’s the reason for the situation and we start jigging . one of the friends went out to the shore (mistake of his life) and me and the other peddler "work" for 10 min till he hook up a fish. Sine I have an experience with this kind of fishing and he was a beginner and I start to paddle next to him and tried to tell when to release or make the drag harder. The fish dreg him for 5 min . in this situation I thought the fish is in his way up just from the reason that he drag him for 180 feet from the wreck. Suddenly the fish turned around and drag him directly to the wreck and cut she line. It took a 10 min to fix his line and I stated to jig for last time this day. In the last time when I drooped the jig to the floor and start jumping him in very fast action I hooked up by myself. Until the fish understand what's is going there I already took 4/5 handle turns with my shimano torium . the fish start to drag me and every few seconds fool down to the floor. The reel drag was 90% closed and he took line from the reel. In this situation I hold the rod very strong and while I was looking on the gps screen I started to understand that I have a very big fish on my rod. He drags me at 2.5 mph and we are 400 ft from the wreck. I fight the fish for 45 min and I gave more then 100% of my power. There was min that I was shouting to my friend just to get myself some more adrenalin. As I said after 45 min the fish got up and boot of as was exhausted. The fish was already dead and I gaff him while both of us shooting from happiness. At this time I thought the fish is 60lb and here I mad the mistake of my life, I lift the fish to the yak and from his weight I turn over the yak while I m holding the gaff with the fish. I lost lot of equipment but I turned up the kayak and hold it. A friend of me came with is sail boat to see the tuna (the peddler that went out sent him) and I used him to carry the fish back to the marine. All my body was hart but I paddled back and I didn’t believe what I passed in the last hour. The fish was 95 lb and it’s the biggest fish ever caught from kayak in Israel . The tackle Rod – g-loomis fro-blue 6'6" 20-40lb Reel – shimano torium 20 Kayak – prowler15 Line – 100lb bride Shock leader – 80lb Jig – Williamson bentos 5 oz Menash , Israel |
Menash,
Very inspiring story. It looks like you are setting the standard in Israel. |
Wow! Congratulations.....I'm amazed that the Mediterranean is still so bountiful......amberjack is very good eating. Good work.
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Menash,
Great story! Jack's are incredible fighters, I can only imagine what a 95# from the kayak would pull like...:cheers: |
WOW! That is one big fish! Thanks for sharing,
Chris |
That's one hell of an amberjack!!! Those things are so powerful! Congrats on an awesome catch and probably the biggest AJ ever landed on a yak!
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Nice report. That thing is huge :eek:. That makes me want to go try fishing somewhere else. Fishing here is dead.
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Jesus Cristo, that's a lotta jack! It was probably hangin' out eating those little tunas, too.
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Front page material!!!!
:party: Awesome catch Menash, you must be stoked!!! You've got the mother of all Mediterranean Lamb!!!! :cool: |
WOW!!!
Menash! Thank you for sharing the great story! |
THAT'S A FISH!!!! Congrats.
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Gotta be a record, Menash! Thanks for posting.
Arne |
Amazingly huge fish Menash. Congrats!
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That's a beauty. Thanks for the post.
-Patrick |
Awesome Menash!!! Thank You for sharing, I think I Speak for many of of when I say that we really enjoy reading your reports.
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AMAZING! Congratulations on a great fish. As far as losing some gear, that can all be replaced. That fish is a memory you'll always have. Great job. :star:
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Wow! Great Report! Sounds like an incredible experience.
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That's a very impressive fish you got there Menash. Keep those reports coming.
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Awesome fish, Menash! Great story, too. I would love to tangle with one of those big boys.:D
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Col Hacavode Habibi!
Nu, Menash!
Eze dag! Eze tzloomim! Eze ochel, veze sipor! Tshma - B'glalcha, ha aretz bmapa. Yavo bjuni im reelim v'od shtuyot (vycholyot, lo levad). DASH l'coolum, vtshloch rishima al ma atem tzrichim m'po. Israel: Where more than mackeral are holy! Mazal Tov! Avery |
Avery, you need to use Spellcheck. I can barely read your posts.
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lol :hahaha: |
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Kurt, that's the funniest one-linerlol I've ever read
Rick |
big amberjack
tkanks for the response .
avery- i am waiting to june so we can go fish togeder agin. by the way, i cought the fish in the same place that we hook up the two amberjacks . the fish took me to a trip for almost 1 mile. spaical thank to andy for his help. menash |
I was going to ask if the tips you got here had anything to do with it... :)
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/showthread.php?t=625 Amazing what a piece of iron can do, hah? :viking: Congratulations again on your amazing catch. Up in Adriatic Sea, those amber jacks are reffered to as "gof". How do you guys call them in Israel? I caought a couple of them while fishing in Adriatic, but nothing over 10lbs. That catch of yours has got to be some sort of a record, certainly from the kayak. |
Menash,
Great story and photos-Looking at that beast it reminds me that our La Jolla Yellowtail :yt: are actually "Jack Tuna" and are related to your fish. It's not that big of a world after all- Keep sending your interesting reports and take that kid fishing. :cheers1: Dave |
in israel we call the amberjack - eintias
he is the reletive of your yellowtail. the tips that andy and avery gave me last year was about the rods and reels. avery bought with hime the reels last june and me and 3 of my friends are the pioonirs to work with conventionl reel in israel and the conseption proved herself last week. if i will have to buy new reel , its never going to be spining just conventional. |
Thats an enormous forker!
Your story and pictures are great! If I were you, I would contact any of the gear manufacturers that you use. Maybe after they see your great result, they might replace some of your gear for free! Especially since the use of the conventional reel might be somewhat new to your area. It would be great advertsement for them. Mark |
Menash,
Fantastic catch. Very impressive! :notworthy: |
Inconceivable! Wow! Great fish and great story!:you_rock:
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menash
i alredy know ur the man , and now u are the legend . keep it up bro . see u in the deep . :paddleersmilie: |
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