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12-06-2007, 01:37 PM | #1 |
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Favorite Fish of 2007?
Figure I'd start this now... So we can get a lot of responses... Btw, only pick 1, that is why it is your favorite!!! maybe a little intro...
Caught this fish on my birthday this year, saw about 5 massive caudual fins sticking out of the water... Threw a mack... FISH ON! colored then lost it, sometime during this fight my weighted line goes off... end of story... 51lbs... 8ozs... |
12-06-2007, 01:43 PM | #2 |
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Gotta go with the 42# yellow hooked in 1 fathom.
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12-06-2007, 01:51 PM | #3 |
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I caught this, well, right were the pic was taken....
25lb WSB caught on 25lb test with 2oz egg sinker carolina rigged to 20 lb mono w/ 2/0 circle hook My favorite part of this story is that I was completely hungover from a concert and didn't hit the water until 10am. Fish on at 11am. Boo yah! |
12-06-2007, 03:25 PM | #4 |
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First fish of 2007 for me...43.5
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12-06-2007, 04:02 PM | #5 |
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Catching my first WSB was awesome, especially since it went 49.8lbs. and
I was targeting WSB for several months before my first. But, by far, my favorite catch was this 29lb. YT caught in Baja. I was fishing Isla San Martin, saw a bird hover over a small boil. I casted an iron and BAM! I was on. The fight that ensued was where the drama was. The fish ran and headed for the only kelp within 20 miles and several times I thought I lost him in the kelp. After a couple more runs and about 20 minutes, he was finally in my yak. By the way, the fish was caught in a kayak. This shot was taken once we got the yaks back to Kelly's boat (of K&M fishing in San Quintin). |
12-06-2007, 04:49 PM | #6 |
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This was my favorite. during the "keep a lid on it" February bite. Yoyo feesh!
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12-07-2007, 10:07 AM | #7 |
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Tough choice, but I think I need to go with the thresher I caught in January. I was dropping down a B&W 6X trying to find one of the huge yellows that were rumored when I felt a very sharp thwack! I immediately knew it was a thresher tail whack. I stopped the iron, let it sit for a second, the shark came back and it was on! In gear, line peeling off, the thresher exploded out of the water. An hour later, Pat took this awesome picture for me.
I estimated about 90 lbs. |
12-07-2007, 10:39 AM | #8 |
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Patrick, that photo has to go into the kayak fishing Hall of Fame! Great photos everyone, keep em coming!
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12-07-2007, 11:25 AM | #9 |
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First on a kayak and biggest ever, 46 lbs Joe |
12-07-2007, 11:26 AM | #10 |
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Great WSB photo Chris. kudos to the photographer!
55 lbs & 51 lbs |
12-07-2007, 11:59 AM | #11 |
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Don't laughlol
Not the biggest fish that I caught this year, but it was the last fish that I caught from my kayak before I injured my back. Until I start paddling again, that fish will be my favorite. It's a stinky little fish, but it motivates me when I'm doing my physical therapy. I can't wait to get back out there so I can catch something a little more impressive.
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12-07-2007, 12:22 PM | #12 |
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Must be my favorite, I'm bloody and I'm smiling. East Benitos June 07. Pic by Jeff S. |
12-26-2007, 12:26 PM | #13 |
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That early evening wsb bite with Tyler and Brad was first on my list until this 36# yt kicked my butt last week - definitely earned my respect. This biggun fought like a BSB on speed - my left shoulder's still hurting.
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12-26-2007, 04:48 PM | #14 |
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Arne, good to see you're out there still killing them. This is my first and only legal sized butt that weighed in at 32 lbs. On it's first ascent to the surface it did a U-turn and with a slap of the tail almost jarred my glasses loose. I gaffed and secured her with a stringer on the second time around and then proceeded to beat the hell out of her before bringing her aboard. Thanks again Adi for the checklist on how to land a halibut.
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12-26-2007, 06:00 PM | #15 |
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There's something about the threshers fight, the crazy speed, wild change of directions, monster jumps, and then getting cracked by the tail at the end that gets the heart thumping.
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12-26-2007, 09:14 PM | #16 |
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Maybe his hand was caught in the rakers, or he was just bleating, but this was my fav of the year.
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12-27-2007, 12:42 AM | #17 |
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That guy is practicing some high notes. Deep Purple’s Child In Time, you know that part when they start building it up.
Gills... my thumb was stuck in the corner. Gills snapped on to my thumb... Love hurts Art. Love the pic. But that's for The Best Photo Biatch 2007 category...
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12-27-2007, 06:47 AM | #18 |
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12-27-2007, 10:51 AM | #19 |
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I was visiting Hong Kong for business and saw people fishing the dirty water near the convention center. I asked one of the fishermen what they were catching, he didn't speak english but handed me his rig and showed me what to do. He had a weighted treble hook at the end of the line and some bait about 6" above that, some kind of cheese that was hard like clay. You drop the line in the water and when you feel something nibbling on the bait you lift up quickly and snag the fish with the treble hook. They were taking these home to eat. Later I saw a crowd gather around one of the fishermen to check out his whopper. It was 3" long.
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12-27-2007, 12:24 PM | #20 |
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Like a few others here...my Thresher back in January-- 111# in my avatar. 5 awesome leaps so close to the yak made the adrenaline FLOW!
Thanks to sarcastic for the OTW cell phone shot! |
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