01-02-2010, 11:34 PM | #1 |
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At first I thought a seal was ripping my bait off. But when he surfaced and the tugging was still going on, I decided to see who's biting? I often chose Shark over Swordfish when the meat is pink and fresh... Baked and breaded Shark, with tomato sauce, dill, feta and olives. If Odysseus lived in modern times, it would be La Jolla, rather than Ithaca, his ocean home. |
01-02-2010, 11:38 PM | #2 |
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Simply AWESOME, I wish for my first thresher shark this year. How do you bleed it?
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01-03-2010, 12:18 AM | #3 |
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Yani,
Thanks so much for those steaks. My family and I had them tonight, they were excellent. We didn't bread them like you did though , we did a combo of seering and baking with some spices and herbs. They turned out very well. Congrats on the beautiful shark too!
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01-03-2010, 01:12 AM | #4 |
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What do you do to land a shark that big? Do you whack it on the head? I assume thresher sharks have minimal teeth?
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01-03-2010, 08:08 AM | #5 |
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WTG! Yes I had thresher last night myself.They are thick outside of NPH right now too I have heard from VERY reliable sources.any guesses as to weight-length.
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01-03-2010, 09:32 AM | #6 |
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Nice fish Villain
Thank you again for the wonderful steaks. I put some on the grill after marinading them in a white wine sauce. It was by far the best Shark ever! I pedal while I fish, and it looks like you paddle while you fish by the looks of those "glove boots" Congratulations |
01-03-2010, 10:11 AM | #7 |
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Those are his Sho Kosugi ninja boots.Very stylish.I think thresher is better than Mako.I made a seasoned glaze with a mayo base to keep it from sticking to the grill worked awesome.I am gonna call Meg and see if she wants to come over for dinner...
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01-03-2010, 06:45 PM | #8 |
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Nice intro Yani...
You are lucky I don't have control of this site, I would seriously ban your posts with recipe pics... Keep 'em coming, I, like you, love thresher and makos...next goal besides hand-feeding a mako is to catch one on the yak. Caught makos from a sailboat, but not on a yak. Weight?
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01-03-2010, 07:55 PM | #9 |
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nice job yani
that T-Shark's steaks looks yummy |
01-03-2010, 08:52 PM | #10 |
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Fish Specifications: Aprox. Ten Foot in length
Guessed Wt: 100lbs? This fish was processed on the water, right after the photo opt. Way too big to even think about trying to land it intact. Fins, head, tail and entrails, excised and fed to the loitering seals. Funny, during the battle, the seals wanted no part of the T as they watched me. Actually, Aesop predicted the crafty seal's behavior in one of his 2000 year old collection of parables, the "Raven and the Snake." The Raven grabs a snake to eat, but the snake twists around and bites the raven. Moral: Some treasures threaten your life. It seems that Seals read Aesop Fables too. |
01-04-2010, 09:03 AM | #11 |
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Truly a great fisherman. Great catch and as always love the food pictures. Thanks for sharing. That plate looks awesome.
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01-04-2010, 10:01 AM | #12 |
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The butcher!
Don't get excited when you see a huge pile of birds in the distance...it's probably just Yani.
. . . . . . More importantly, how many irons were in that stomach? And with the Thresher resting on your ankles in that photo, I'll hold firm at 80 lbs.
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01-04-2010, 11:24 AM | #13 |
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"That's a kill"
Nice catch Yani! |
01-04-2010, 01:02 PM | #14 |
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Nice one Yani! Lucky feather?
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01-04-2010, 04:26 PM | #15 |
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Man that looks so freeking good! Nice Catch!
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01-05-2010, 08:49 PM | #16 |
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LUCKY FEATHER? More Shark Food?
Dave,
Wow, I forgot about my feather. I found it last summer, floating in Dana's marina. And, what's funny, is that I don't take care of it, nor do I make sure I don't lose it. But just like my wife, it won't go away... However, unlike my wife, it has brought me good luck. So I went back and dug up some recent pics with the Lucky Feather: It's there, tucked in the front basket underneath my rod holder. Early in Dec, my feather made sure I landed at least one of three. And, at the start of last fall, I landed a nice one. Plus soon after that, a second. Luck Feather? I'll take what I can get. On another note, how many ways can you eat shark? That's what my family means to say, everytime they say, "Not shark again..." Thanks Andy for the pasta idea. |
01-08-2010, 03:06 PM | #17 |
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emrliquidlife: to answer your question about landing a T, you fight it until you can get it to the boat AND be able to grab its tail. Put the clicker on, and thumb the reel as you take it out of gear. If the shark is still green, it will swim back down (hence, the reel out of gear). If its tire, you grab the tail and lift it up vertically. When a thresher hangs, its organs compress and it can't breath or fight.
I suggest you use 12 ft. of 80 lb mono for your leader (if you hook a mako, it'll bight right thru that, saving it from biting thru you). Threshers also can't leave Rapalas alone. I've had live bait and a rapala on two rigs and they almost always take the rapala. Take off all but the back treble to keep from hooking it by the tail. Hopefully, you only catch one each year, as they provide a ton of meat, but do not reproduce quickly. Remember, the ones we see inshore are small.
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01-08-2010, 04:53 PM | #18 |
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Looks good my friend! When are we going to cook a little something up together?
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Quote:
I bleed them from the yak, but Yani took it to a new level...
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