First trip to La Jolla- never going to forget!

[ultimatejay]

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.

[Reiner]

GOD DAMN

what was the weight on this beast?

[ultimatejay]

Originally Posted by Reiner

GOD DAMN

what was the weight on this beast?

We didn't have a scale but we guesstimate around 150-200lbs

[TheBentRod]

Nice fish! That will get your blood going!

[Dark_Knight_9C1]

Absolutely awesome!!
Well done. That was one heck of a freight train!

[YakDout]

Looking at the shark id say your estimate it pretty close

[FISH11]

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.

[ultimatejay]

Originally Posted by FISH11

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.

No, he didn't have anything

[Sheephead]

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?

[tunaseeker]

Heck of a first trip!!

[ultimatejay]

Originally Posted by Sheephead

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?

Thanks, sorry I don't have any close up pics of the head

[the dude]

That's a nice one, and they are like 95% meat too...

[Vikingj]

Amazing catch and skillful job in landing. What an awesome memory maker! Good for you!

[Aaron&Julie]

Nicely done, congrats to both of you!

[ultimatejay]

Thanks everyone, it was so much fun. My arms are still sore, I have to hit the weights lol

[broncobilly]

Looks like he's hooked on the pectoral fin...That must of been fun. What kind of rod/reel and tackle we're ya using?
I hooked into one of similar size but it took 3 hours before he dragged my buddy and me 4 miles to sea. we lost him/her 30 ft below the yak. Long paddle in w our tails between our legs.
Congrats, but you're ruined now. It's gunna be real hard living up to this trip.

[ultimatejay]

Originally Posted by broncobilly

Looks like he's hooked on the pectoral fin...That must of been fun. What kind of rod/reel and tackle we're ya using?
I hooked into one of similar size but it took 3 hours before he dragged my buddy and me 4 miles to sea. we lost him/her 30 ft below the yak. Long paddle in w our tails between our legs.
Congrats, but you're ruined now. It's gunna be real hard living up to this trip.

Thanks,
CalStar 700MH rod, Accurate 600N2S reel, reel spooled with 300-yds of 100-lb JB hollow spectra, connected to 150-yds of 30-lb Izor mono, with a 6-ft Seguar Premium Fluor top shot-35lb

[Goose1993]

Wow. Very nice catch.

That's cool you guys helped out the community too.

[ultimatejay]

Originally Posted by Goose1993

Wow. Very nice catch.

That's cool you guys helped out the community too.

Thanks

[knightnsd]

Originally Posted by ultimatejay

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.

Awesome catch and story, what church I would have attended that sermon?