Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge  

Go Back   Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge > Kayak Fishing Forum - Message Board > Kayak Fishing Reports

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-08-2011, 11:44 AM   #1
lbsurf2ca
Senior Member
 
lbsurf2ca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Encinitas
Posts: 395
Bad start great Day!

Got to La Jolla @ 4:30 am 5-7-11, 20 other of our fellow plastic friends already at the launch. Wow couldn't believe how many people were already there.

1. Head lamp is not working
2. Bait tank battery wire breaks
3. Fish Finder is not powering on

Pack my stuff up because im frustrated and over it. Call my buddy he makes me sack up and go back to basics (rod,reel,bait and local knowledge). Launch the Yak at my local spot and no one out. Grab a few green backs , see some birds and bait diving 200 yards past the kelp line. On my way to the spot zzzzzzzzzzz. Straight down then straight up the the yak. I touch the tail of the thresher and ignition. Thing jumps like a florida sailfish. 30 minutes later land my first thresher.

I must say its important to read post on do's and don'ts of landing bigger fish from your Yak. You can definitely see how easily things could go wrong if you aren't prepared when the fish gets to the boat.

Here is a few crappy iphone pics. I love BBQ thresher but i felt a release of my first would bring me better luck in the future. Circle hooks are great...
Attached Images
  
lbsurf2ca is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2011, 12:01 PM   #2
kobra
Senior Member
 
kobra's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: oceanside
Posts: 880
Congratulations! Those fish are so awesome. Nice CPR.
kobra is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2011, 12:15 PM   #3
jorluivil
Senior Member
 
jorluivil's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 6,856
What line/leader did you land it on? The one and only time I hit a thresher my line snapped within two minutes
__________________


www.facebook.com/Teamsewer
jorluivil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2011, 01:30 PM   #4
kurt
Senior Member
 
kurt's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: 2 inches above sea level
Posts: 503
Nice C&R! Bait tank and fish finder are nice to have, but not neccessary, as you have shown. Sometimes simple is better.
__________________
"All I got was a rock"
kurt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2011, 03:35 PM   #5
lbsurf2ca
Senior Member
 
lbsurf2ca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Encinitas
Posts: 395
Quote:
Originally Posted by jorluivil View Post
What line/leader did you land it on? The one and only time I hit a thresher my line snapped within two minutes
I had this happen a few times to. Because of my amateur status thought i should be going heavier. I loaded 85 pound braided red power pro with a 6 foot 50lb floro leader. This may have been over kill but It got the job done. Also other fish didn't seem to mind that day. I had quite a few takers.
lbsurf2ca is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2011, 06:43 PM   #6
theluckypig
Senior Member
 
theluckypig's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: San Pedro
Posts: 694
theluckypig is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 05:46 AM   #7
Deamon
Senior Member
 
Deamon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,972
Nothing crappy about that second picture. First released thresher on the yak...the picture is very cool. Congrats!
Deamon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 10:43 AM   #8
Fiskadoro
.......
 
Fiskadoro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,509
I don't know if you realize it but I'd say from your pics that is actually a bigeye thresher, probably the single rarest big game fish you can catch off So. Cal. I only know personally of one other caught here, as Steve Mras got one a few years back. Though some others may have been caught from boats, I'm almost certain no-one has ever caught one off a kayak before.

I could be wrong but the white under the eye and the location of the dorsal fin suggests it could be a BigeyeT.

Good thing you released it. Unlike Common Threshers Bigeye threshers are supposed to be lousy eating, but just the fact you caught it, if it's actually a Bigeye is just absolutely amazing.


Congratulations. Incredibly cool catch. I would of loved to seen that one first hand.

Jim

Last edited by Fiskadoro; 05-09-2011 at 11:11 AM.
Fiskadoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 11:57 AM   #9
Jimmyz123
Senior Member
 
Jimmyz123's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,385
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Day View Post
I don't know if you realize it but I'd say from your pics that is actually a bigeye thresher, probably the single rarest big game fish you can catch off So. Cal. I only know personally of one other caught here, as Steve Mras got one a few years back. Though some others may have been caught from boats, I'm almost certain no-one has ever caught one off a kayak before.

I could be wrong but the white under the eye and the location of the dorsal fin suggests it could be a BigeyeT.

Good thing you released it. Unlike Common Threshers Bigeye threshers are supposed to be lousy eating, but just the fact you caught it, if it's actually a Bigeye is just absolutely amazing.


Congratulations. Incredibly cool catch. I would of loved to seen that one first hand.

Jim
Jim, I did a google search on that after reading your post and I think you're right. That's pretty cool.
__________________
No better time than being on the water,

God Bless,
JimmyZ

Jimmyz123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 01:12 PM   #10
Fiskadoro
.......
 
Fiskadoro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,509
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmyz123 View Post
Jim, I did a google search on that after reading your post and I think you're right. That's pretty cool.
Yeah I'd say it's a Bigeye. It's harder to tell with smaller ones, but it definitely looks like one. The size of the eye was the first thing I noticed but also bigeyes also have this mark or indention over the gills that common threshers do not have and that shark has that marking in both pics.

Common:


Bigeye:


Those drawings are of adults and they look more alike when small but just from his pics I'd say there is a pretty fair chance it is a bigeye T.

At any rate I emailed same of my shark buddies who study these things and I'll see what they think.

Jim

Last edited by Fiskadoro; 05-09-2011 at 01:26 PM.
Fiskadoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 03:23 PM   #11
dos ballenas
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
 
dos ballenas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 585
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Day View Post
Yeah I'd say it's a Bigeye. It's harder to tell with smaller ones, but it definitely looks like one. The size of the eye was the first thing I noticed but also bigeyes also have this mark or indention over the gills that common threshers do not have and that shark has that marking in both pics.

Common:


Bigeye:


Those drawings are of adults and they look more alike when small but just from his pics I'd say there is a pretty fair chance it is a bigeye T.

At any rate I emailed same of my shark buddies who study these things and I'll see what they think.

Jim


Big eye T-sharks are pretty rare inshore! In fact they are extremely rare in general! I doubt it was a big eye... the picture does look like it could be a big eye, but it is doubtful, and without better pictures its hard to say... either way beautiful fish and nice job on the release.

I recommend breaking the next one off early into the fight unless you plan on harvesting it. Many threshers that are fought to exhaustion die after being released...
__________________
____________________________________________


Last edited by dos ballenas; 05-09-2011 at 03:56 PM.
dos ballenas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 03:50 PM   #12
old_rookie
Senior Member
 
old_rookie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Santee
Posts: 904
How did you release it? Cut the line or were you able to reach in and get the hook out?
old_rookie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 06:07 PM   #13
lbsurf2ca
Senior Member
 
lbsurf2ca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Encinitas
Posts: 395
Interesting. Too bad I took crappy pictures. I happen to bring my Iphone and wanted proof of my catch. Being alone that day i knew my wife and buddies wouldnt beleive.

I do have a couple other photos but they suck too. I'll post them later.

The shark was released and swam off pretty quick after removing the hook.
lbsurf2ca is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 07:00 PM   #14
Fiskadoro
.......
 
Fiskadoro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,509
Quote:
Originally Posted by dos ballenas View Post
Big eye T-sharks are pretty rare inshore! In fact they are extremely rare in general! I doubt it was a big eye......
That's a good point. One of my shark buddies called and we talked about it and came up with the same thing, that essentually it's just really really unlikely. He's caught and tagged a shitload of Ts, and seen some bigeyes up close, and that was his take. He also pointed out that the Bigeyes that have been caught local usually have more of a bronze or brown tint to them. One of these days some kayaker is going to catch one as they do come through here, and it will probably happen at La Jolla, but without good pics it's hard to make the claim that that is in fact what it is.

Jim
Fiskadoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 07:30 PM   #15
bus kid
Team Keine Zugehörigkeit
 
bus kid's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Way out there
Posts: 2,854
Talking

Big eye, little eye, 4 eyes, or no eyes its a nice catch, anytime I hookup a T I cut it off. My cajones are not big enough to winch in a shark.
__________________

Não alimente os trolls------------Don't feed the trolls---------------インタネット荒らしを無視しろ

bus kid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2011, 08:49 PM   #16
Amish Ed
Senior Member
 
Amish Ed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Grants Pass, OR
Posts: 1,906
Way to suck it up and go out. Often times it's worth the effort.
__________________
Amish Ed
You can't catch it again if it's dead!
Amish Ed is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 09:47 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
© 2002 Big Water's Edge. All rights reserved.