The T's are showing - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

JrBasser · 04-22-2007, 05:37 PM

Thanks again Kurt. I knew to grab the tail, but solo it wouldn't have gone so well, thanks for lending a helping hand. Now I'm ready for the one that will fill both our yaks ;-) How different would the fight be if hooked in the mouth? maybe a lap shark like brad's almost was?

And Brad it's no biggie i was just messin. Did you get anything under those birds afterwards though?

DESTROYER · 04-22-2007, 07:32 PM

WTG on your first T! It's actually better to keep the smaller ones. A friend of mine (Fasha) used to date a girls who researched them in LJ and they are much like Calicos in the fact that the bigger ones are the breeders. Brad is right though....One should do you well for the year.

TL-Matt

madscientist · 04-22-2007, 07:47 PM

Leave the big ones to breed, eat the young!lol

Except for calicos. The biggest predator of baby calicos is big calicos, or so I am told. Why else make swimbaits in pumpkin. Preserve calicos, kill big calicos.

The only thing I saw on that outside bird pile was a mola jumping, third of the day. Weird fish. First one looked like a shoe coming out of the water from my vantage point.

Ryan The Sealion · 04-22-2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JrBasser

How different would the fight be if hooked in the mouth? ?

alot.... they are a different fish when mouth hooked...you can still beat up on the little ones, but you hook one over 200 in the mouth and you better have someone to hand it off to...they will hurt you..

Brian Sanner · 04-22-2007, 08:27 PM

Nice fish!! It's nice to know there is a support group of great guys willing to give another yakker a hand. Some day I'll have to break out the heavy gear and start hitting LJ again.

DESTROYER · 04-22-2007, 08:40 PM

Hey Brad, Those Molas are really something. I think the only fish slimier is a Roosterfish. I was yo-Yoing on kelp and foul hooked a mola in the 200# range and it almost spooled me. I just put 6# calicos on the menu, this is how it reads......

Pan Seared 6 Pound Macadamia Nut Crusted Calico Fillet
Peeky Toe Crab Risotto, Tatsoi Garlicky Spinach,
Pinapple~Papaya Salsa, Ginger~ Soy Beurre Blanc
lol

Give up the tough guy act Brad! We all no your a LOVER not a FIGHTER!

San Diego is doing you right....We've taken a bite out of the big APPLE!

TL-Matt

kayak jack · 04-24-2007, 05:40 PM

Man, I can only imagine how it must fill to catch a Thresher on a kayak. Good going.

killitngrillit · 04-25-2007, 07:40 AM

Nice T!
I pitty the fool who took all my gold chains...lol

blackcloud9 · 04-22-2007, 08:48 PM

Great job on landing your shark.

I hooked a thresher today on the surface at 200' of water, 3 miles due west of Big Rock, on a flylined mackerel. Bit thru the 30# flouro in a heatbeat. Saw other tail slaps.

There was a huge area of bait on the surface out there too, tons of big mackerel feeding.

Calm and glassy till 1 pm.

JrBasser · 04-22-2007, 09:21 PM

yes the weather was MUCH better than expected, and I was glad to see 2-3 foot swells on the surf report. Matt, I am the kid that was talking to you at the Del Mar Fred Hall show with CJ Siebler.

scwafish · 04-23-2007, 04:30 AM

Congrats!

prowler · 04-23-2007, 04:57 PM

Nice thresher Troutman

04-22-2007, 07:47 PM	#3
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	Leave the big ones to breed, eat the young!lol Except for calicos. The biggest predator of baby calicos is big calicos, or so I am told. Why else make swimbaits in pumpkin. Preserve calicos, kill big calicos. The only thing I saw on that outside bird pile was a mola jumping, third of the day. Weird fish. First one looked like a shoe coming out of the water from my vantage point. __________________

04-22-2007, 08:48 PM	#9
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	Great job on landing your shark. I hooked a thresher today on the surface at 200' of water, 3 miles due west of Big Rock, on a flylined mackerel. Bit thru the 30# flouro in a heatbeat. Saw other tail slaps. There was a huge area of bait on the surface out there too, tons of big mackerel feeding. Calm and glassy till 1 pm. Last edited by blackcloud9; 04-23-2007 at 07:41 PM.

04-22-2007, 05:37 PM	#1
JrBasser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 260	Thanks again Kurt. I knew to grab the tail, but solo it wouldn't have gone so well, thanks for lending a helping hand. Now I'm ready for the one that will fill both our yaks ;-) How different would the fight be if hooked in the mouth? maybe a lap shark like brad's almost was? And Brad it's no biggie i was just messin. Did you get anything under those birds afterwards though?

04-22-2007, 07:32 PM	#2
DESTROYER Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: "The Table" Posts: 976	WTG on your first T! It's actually better to keep the smaller ones. A friend of mine (Fasha) used to date a girls who researched them in LJ and they are much like Calicos in the fact that the bigger ones are the breeders. Brad is right though....One should do you well for the year. TL-Matt

04-22-2007, 08:27 PM	#5
Brian Sanner Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 48	Nice fish!! It's nice to know there is a support group of great guys willing to give another yakker a hand. Some day I'll have to break out the heavy gear and start hitting LJ again.

04-22-2007, 08:40 PM	#6
DESTROYER Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: "The Table" Posts: 976	Hey Brad, Those Molas are really something. I think the only fish slimier is a Roosterfish. I was yo-Yoing on kelp and foul hooked a mola in the 200# range and it almost spooled me. I just put 6# calicos on the menu, this is how it reads...... Pan Seared 6 Pound Macadamia Nut Crusted Calico Fillet Peeky Toe Crab Risotto, Tatsoi Garlicky Spinach, Pinapple~Papaya Salsa, Ginger~ Soy Beurre Blanc lol Give up the tough guy act Brad! We all no your a LOVER not a FIGHTER! San Diego is doing you right....We've taken a bite out of the big APPLE! TL-Matt

04-24-2007, 05:40 PM	#7
kayak jack Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: El toro Calif. Posts: 29	Man, I can only imagine how it must fill to catch a Thresher on a kayak. Good going.

04-25-2007, 07:40 AM	#8
killitngrillit knotmyfish Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5	Nice T! I pitty the fool who took all my gold chains...lol

04-22-2007, 09:21 PM	#10
JrBasser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 260	yes the weather was MUCH better than expected, and I was glad to see 2-3 foot swells on the surf report. Matt, I am the kid that was talking to you at the Del Mar Fred Hall show with CJ Siebler.

04-23-2007, 04:30 AM	#11
scwafish Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ukiah Posts: 86	Congrats!

04-23-2007, 04:57 PM	#12
prowler Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: clmt Posts: 24	Nice thresher Troutman