North County YT and sharks galore - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

cptredbeard · 08-20-2015, 05:33 PM

Paddled out at sunrise and quickly made bait of a few greenies and plenty of Spanish. Headed out and after about 30 minutes we noticed a bunch of splashing behind my buddies kayak and about a 4 foot tail swung out of the water. He got picked up by the nice sized Thresher but it chewed his bait and he reeled in an empty hook. Around 8:30 am at 110 feet I got picked up hard. Battled through a little bit of kelp (surprising because I wasn't showing any on my fish finder), and was able to get a clean gaff. My buddy got picked up shortly thereafter and we quickly realized it was a shark. He brought it to color and sure enough it was an 8-9 foot hammerhead. He cut his line and about 5 minutes later the same Hammerhead was splashing the surface aggressively near another kayaker. Tried for another hour with no luck, and headed in with a big smile on my face.

spicolly · 08-20-2015, 07:30 PM

Awesome report and catch @cptredbeard! Carlsbad?

GBCbad · 08-21-2015, 06:45 AM

Nice YT Austin......I met you on the beach when you came in. I as well hooked into a hammer and just about spooled me on my 20# gear. See ya out there sometime.

08-20-2015, 05:33 PM	#1
cptredbeard Junior Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 24	North County YT and sharks galore Paddled out at sunrise and quickly made bait of a few greenies and plenty of Spanish. Headed out and after about 30 minutes we noticed a bunch of splashing behind my buddies kayak and about a 4 foot tail swung out of the water. He got picked up by the nice sized Thresher but it chewed his bait and he reeled in an empty hook. Around 8:30 am at 110 feet I got picked up hard. Battled through a little bit of kelp (surprising because I wasn't showing any on my fish finder), and was able to get a clean gaff. My buddy got picked up shortly thereafter and we quickly realized it was a shark. He brought it to color and sure enough it was an 8-9 foot hammerhead. He cut his line and about 5 minutes later the same Hammerhead was splashing the surface aggressively near another kayaker. Tried for another hour with no luck, and headed in with a big smile on my face.

08-20-2015, 07:30 PM	#2
spicolly ..... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 135	Awesome report and catch @cptredbeard! Carlsbad?

08-21-2015, 06:45 AM	#3
GBCbad Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 38	Nice YT Austin......I met you on the beach when you came in. I as well hooked into a hammer and just about spooled me on my 20# gear. See ya out there sometime.