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Old 05-02-2006, 11:06 AM   #1
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LJ 5-2 AM...........T----TOWN!!

Not nearly as exciting as Ken's report, but data is data good or bad.

Made small spanish and large greenies at the pier, easy.

Bolted for the grounds and put a greenie high and a small spaniard low. At grey light, my low clicker chirps enough to warrant getting the rod out and checking-----up comes a legal ling (first fish on a new yak 8) )---not what I'm here for--he goes back to his lair.

Trolled out to the 3/4 point and back, stopping to soak and throw iron. One dog snatched 3 baits within a 20 minutes :x .....some yellows spotted here and there, but pretty darn quiet when I paddled in at 9:30. The crew was still banging away when i paddled in.

Water was still dirty brownish ~10ft maybe, slightly better outside.
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Old 05-02-2006, 01:50 PM   #2
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I ended up having an interesting day. Few spots of fish, but that wasn't the interesting part. A pic is worth a thousand words, so if senor Ice will be so kind as to post a couple, I'll follow with the details. Right now I've got meat to package. Ended up taking the day off so I'm going to fire up the grill, have lunch, and I'll be back out in a couple of hours hoping to emulate the high sticker!

Menu this weekend will be kebabs .
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Old 05-02-2006, 01:56 PM   #3
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Kebabs?

Thresher??
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Old 05-02-2006, 02:42 PM   #4
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Thanks for the reports. Looking forward to the pics!
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Old 05-02-2006, 03:37 PM   #5
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I think there were 3 T sharks hooked, 2 broke off, 1 did not

Like I said, not quite quite as dramatic as Arne's "gaff that did not" but darn close







Enjoyed watching the show. Only other action that I saw was a spot of about 12 fish, up and down before I got off a cast. Hope to partake of the kabobfest
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Old 05-02-2006, 04:17 PM   #6
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Sweet T Brad! Andy, those are some really amazing pix, especially the one with the PB just gawking in the background!
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Old 05-02-2006, 04:20 PM   #7
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Holy T batman!!!
Nice shots andy.
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Old 05-02-2006, 04:27 PM   #8
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wow! Amazing fish, and amazing pics, Enjoy dinner.


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Old 05-02-2006, 04:45 PM   #9
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Nice thresher, great pics!
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Old 05-02-2006, 05:20 PM   #10
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Aw, man... Sweet, brad.
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Old 05-02-2006, 05:32 PM   #11
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Tshark! WTG.
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Old 05-02-2006, 06:46 PM   #12
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Brad- where's the MOMMA? :lol: :lol:

I don't eat shark...I figure that if I don't eat them, they won't eat me...Congrats!

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Old 05-02-2006, 07:24 PM   #13
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what did you get the t shark on?
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Old 05-02-2006, 07:39 PM   #14
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Well - Well - Well

Who is that clean shaven Mad PhD.?????

That otta boost the Pelagic sponsorship. 8) 8) 8)


Nice angling there Bradley and great actions shots by the man behind the camera. You're starting to get the hang of this.
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Old 05-02-2006, 07:43 PM   #15
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Nice T Brad!

Love the little girl shot!!

Kinda reminds me of Jane when she catches a spotty in SDB :twisted:

Did that thaing have any mouth jewelry?

What do you think Pat??? That thrashin' tail looks familar!! :roll:

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Old 05-02-2006, 07:46 PM   #16
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Nice Bradly. Awsom on the grill.
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Old 05-02-2006, 08:19 PM   #17
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Old 05-02-2006, 09:22 PM   #18
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Just got back from a quiet PM shift with Pat and Holy mac. Few bird piles but we couldn't get to them, no bait, and one big fish splashing around that Pat almost got to put a good cast on. Worn out from a long day so I came in with them around 7:45.

The morning story was as follows. Made macs at the pier and headed out to the spot. Birds circling here and there. They finally key in on something and there are quickly some nice boils. Looked like YT. Put the megabait right on em a couple of times before they sank out but no hook up. Then slack was upon us and not much was happening. Thinking of calling it a day when I see Andy turned back outwards and notice the birds in the distance. Decide I might as well chase.

Long chase but finally close in as a group of birds form up. See a big gray splash, think WSB or thresher. Cast on it but nothing. Large schools of large macs and spanish balled up. Slow trolling along when I stop to check something. Look back and see the tip of the thresher tail as it whacks my bait. Doesn't seem to stick so I start reeling the bait in. Shark follows it in and goes right under me as I lift it up. A bit of a thrill. Toss the bait back out and see the fish head for it. Rod loads up so I swing...hookup.

I'm expecting the thing to go nuts and jump and all that stuff. It doesn't. It sits there, about 20ft off my starboard. I give another tug to make sure its hooked and it still does nothing. I'm now almost on top of it and getting nervous since the fish should still be completely green. It finally sees the yak and takes off, but not really a blistering run. Guess it was tuckered out from slashing mackerel. Long story short, it never really went off and only really ran strong once. The rest was just a circling game of me and Andy trying to grab its tail and see if it was done yet.

Took a while but we finally managed to get a tail rope on it and the stringer through its mouth so I could control it enough for Andy to slash the gills. Long paddle in with that girl in my lap. Measured out at just over 7ft. Guessing about 80lb.

Thanks to Andy for the help on the water and the great pics. I was a little nervous since this was the first thresher I've tried to land, but with some patience it went pretty smoothly. Grilled some today, delicious!

Ken, what's a spotty? :lol:
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Old 05-02-2006, 10:07 PM   #19
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Nice! What a thrill.

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Old 05-03-2006, 12:41 AM   #20
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Definitely HOT....those action photos are awesome, speaks a million words, nice job with the cam Andrew.
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