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04-08-2017, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 96
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First trip to La Jolla- never going to forget!
Went to La Jolla with my friend for the first time. With a little help I made it uneventful past the little 1ft surf lol. My buddy hooked and landed a nice yellow early in the morning and then about an hour later I hooked onto a freight train! Finally after 1.5hrs I get it up and it was an intimidating sight to behold! A huge thresher shark, it was almost as long as my PA14! With just the two of us, we managed to wrestle the beast on the front of my PA. It was a long haul back to the beach and it was very interesting doing a beach landing for the first time with a huge shark strapped to the front of the kayak but I actually came in pretty easy- surf was low and had one decent way kick my sideways but I leaned into it and rode it out. Once on the beach we couldn't get away from the crowd lol. All in all it was an epic first trip that I will never forget!
BTW- all the fish was donated to a local church who is going to use it to help feed 100+ homeless/needy people. |
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04-08-2017, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 71
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GOD DAMN
what was the weight on this beast? |
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04-08-2017, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 96
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04-08-2017, 05:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Murrieta, CA and Bonney Lake, WA
Posts: 425
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Congrats
Nice fish! That will get your blood going!
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04-08-2017, 06:00 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 74
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Absolutely awesome!!
Well done. That was one heck of a freight train! 
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04-08-2017, 06:55 PM
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Brandon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,345
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Looking at the shark id say your estimate it pretty close
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04-08-2017, 07:23 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
Posts: 2,643
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Congrats. Did he have any other hooks in his mouth, like a ringed circle hook with a 40 lb fluorocarbon leader. Fought one for 40 minutes last Sunday and cut it off when along side of the kayak.
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Last edited by FISH11; 04-08-2017 at 07:29 PM. |
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04-08-2017, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
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04-09-2017, 06:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: San Diego
Posts: 115
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Cool catch for sure. seems unlikely but after seeing it on the beach it looked more like a big eye than a common. Got any closeup pics of the head?
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04-09-2017, 06:50 AM
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TB Metal Art
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: San Diego
Posts: 653
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Heck of a first trip!!
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04-09-2017, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 96
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04-17-2017, 08:41 AM
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Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Rancho San Diego, California
Posts: 32
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Awesome catch and story, what church I would have attended that sermon? |
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04-20-2017, 04:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Otay
Posts: 704
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Tight dude! Nicely done.
Jay |
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