Sewer Suprise

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Got to Cabrillo at 7:00am and the fog was thick. I fished plastics for an hour near the launch while I waited for the fog to burn off. Once visibility improved I headed towards the pier/breakwall because it still wasn’t completely safe in the middle of the harbor. Bait was nowhere to be found so I put a frozen squid on the halibut rig. After fishing ¾ of the breakwall something hit my bait hard and took off. At first I thought it was a dog but after feeling how smooth the runs were I knew it wasn’t. Then its tail breached the surface and I knew exactly what it was; my first thresher shark! After 3-4 runs it started to lose strength. Wanting to play it safe, I let it take line and would reel it back in until it pretty much floated to the boat. After about 5 minutes of trying to remove the hooks and thirty seconds for the photo shoot, it was free and safely on its way back down. I did end up catching some greenbacks but stuck with the squid for the rest of the day.