The Official 'I ALMOST DIED' Thread - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

sharonkayak · 06-22-2016, 07:39 PM

About 7 years ago me and a friend were fishing north of Scripps before the MLPA A**holes closed it to fishing. I had no fish finder back then and was probably still using a Walmart rod.

I see this other guy hook a thresher, which broke off. So he tells me don't worry they have teeth and will probably cut your line.

Next five minutes I hook one, Get it to the boat pretty fast, fish is still green. Thresher jumps over my kayak. I mean he jumps over my knees, clears the kayak lands on the other side. All I saw was a grey blur whizzing by my face. I managed to get him to the boat on my terms cause I wanted a photo of this killer. I couldn't get him out of the water for the photo cause he was too heavy. would of probably bled out from internal injuires if he hit me.

One reason I will never target sharks!

FISH11 · 06-22-2016, 08:23 PM

Sharon that is quite a story, but the picture is AWESOME. Congrats in winning the battle.

Mr. NiceGuy · 06-24-2016, 06:33 AM

Took an old girlfriend to my secret retreat in Idyllwild last week. She got up at 4am to go to the bathroom and tumbled down the stairs. Broke her right arm with multiple fractures and dislodged a bone from her wrist joint. Damn.

Could have been me. That's my casting arm.

tomahawk · 06-25-2016, 08:52 AM

i'll play. I got 2.
1. Passed out at work. Few weeks later doc runs tilt table test. heart stop for 5 seconds before rebooting. Vagus nerve issue.
2. At 16, friend shot me with an unloaded 357. Through arm, through chest, into wall. Spleen exploded, kidney damaged, lung collapsed. Exit would in back is an inch from spine. missed the artery in my upper arm by 1/2 inch. Four or five days before they were sure I was going to live. I almost died. 5 weeks later ran a mile with the arm still in the cast. I almost died. 3 weeks after that played in the first football game of my senior year. I almost died.
Tom

06-22-2016, 08:23 PM	#2
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	Sharon that is quite a story, but the picture is AWESOME. Congrats in winning the battle. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

06-24-2016, 06:33 AM	#3
Mr. NiceGuy Manic for Life Join Date: May 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 839	Took an old girlfriend to my secret retreat in Idyllwild last week. She got up at 4am to go to the bathroom and tumbled down the stairs. Broke her right arm with multiple fractures and dislodged a bone from her wrist joint. Damn. Could have been me. That's my casting arm. __________________ Another ho-hum day in Paradise

06-25-2016, 08:52 AM	#4
tomahawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 109	i'll play. I got 2. 1. Passed out at work. Few weeks later doc runs tilt table test. heart stop for 5 seconds before rebooting. Vagus nerve issue. 2. At 16, friend shot me with an unloaded 357. Through arm, through chest, into wall. Spleen exploded, kidney damaged, lung collapsed. Exit would in back is an inch from spine. missed the artery in my upper arm by 1/2 inch. Four or five days before they were sure I was going to live. I almost died. 5 weeks later ran a mile with the arm still in the cast. I almost died. 3 weeks after that played in the first football game of my senior year. I almost died. Tom