100lb Thresher

[KennyHill]

My brother and I paddled out of La jolla this morning around 5:00am. After taking a couple good ones to the chest i paddled straight out passed the reserve booye line. I started trolling a 10 inch mackerl colored rapala on 25lb test north toward the pier. About 5 min into paddeling my reel starts screaming line and my kayak dose a 180. i set the hook the fish is on. Then my line gose limp i wasnt sure if i lost it or not. Then out of no where about 10 feet in front of my kayak the shark topeedos completly out of the water. Immeaditly knowing i hooked a thresher. i fought the shark for about an hour just going in circles. then it started running in toward the beach it took me into the surf. i had to make a quick decision to go in or go out. i put it in free spool and paddled into the beach. i grabed my rod while riding a wave and jumped out in waist deep water. then i just started cranking him in as fast as i could. Grabed his tail and drug it on the beach. the bait was hooked in his mouth. it was a long haul back to the truck from the pier. 1st thresher ill release the rest.

[Dennis]

Nice job! It must have been a "B" pulling that thing from blacks/mushroom house. Congrats.
-D

[aclozer]

Gotta love it. Great job. Lots of work but you will never forget it.

[Shorty]

Well done,,not sure if i'd want to fish for sharks from a kayak, make a mistake and it would be a very high price to pay (an arm and a leg ,lol)

Take it easy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[lamb]

Nice job, congrats.

Pulled you into the surf? Wow...

[frugalfisher]

Still wanting one of those!

[FISHIONADO]

Congrats on landing that! Thanks for sharing the story.

[bajadog]

Booyaaa!

[glenniesan]

nice haul - great story

[steveooo]

Nice T and great 2nd post

Just a legality question for the masses that I have often wondered about. If you legally hook a fish outside the reserve, and then get towed into the reserve, is it still legal?

[Earl E. Retire]

way to hang in and land that T-shark!
Sounds like a great adventure, and the cooler full of steaks says it all!


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[dorado50]

Great story and great catch! How pumped
were you when you made that decision to go for the beach !!!!! Its so cool to catch a fish bigger than your kayak.

[metalbob]

very Nice! good job paddling in to the peir to keep your catch legal

im still looking for my 1st of the year, some old timer told me a second wave of Ts will be coming...dont know if thats true but I hope so.

enjoy dinner

[Joe11]

Originally Posted by steveooo

Nice T and great 2nd post

Just a legality question for the masses that I have often wondered about. If you legally hook a fish outside the reserve, and then get towed into the reserve, is it still legal?

I would say no. You would be fishing in the reserve.

[FISHIONADO]

Is that a Penn Jigmaster?

[sterling]

Someone might state since you landed it on the beach it doens't count for landing in on a kayak. Who cares. Finishing it by draging it on the beach is dramatic! I love it.

[mars]

Originally Posted by steveooo

Nice T and great 2nd post

Just a legality question for the masses that I have often wondered about. If you legally hook a fish outside the reserve, and then get towed into the reserve, is it still legal?

I've always wondered the same thing. Pretty sure if DFG was around you'd be sitting on a fat fine and confiscated equipment. Years ago, I hooked into something big (WSB or YT?) that pulled me into the reserve and I busted out the knife and cut the line - didn't want to take any chances.

Nice catch btw...

[Handymansd]

And yet this last weekend I saw 2 kayaks trolling right through the middle of the reserve. I chased them down... yes in my F'N Dock... and they pretended like they did not understand english, yet they understood when I said DFG!

Idiots need to have their yaks confiscated!

[h2ofishfo]

sweet job! those steaks look mad good

[KennyHill]

the next time i get pulled into the beach ill keep it to myself