Mako Monday la jolla fish report 6/19/17 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

MITCHELL · 06-19-2017, 06:00 PM

1 to 2 at the launch its looks like some yellows were caught over the weekend.crowd at the launch was lite.water temperature was 70/71°.Made bait within one hour.all good size pacific mackerel.put one up and one down. Paddled around that way for several hours no sealions no yellowtail....by then the current had me south pretty good so I decided to start heading back before I got to tired. Still having the first two mackerel on, all the sudden my clicker lighty go's off on the flyline, then stops, I'm thinking a sealion, so I turn around to look and see a boil unsure what it is and all of the sudden I see a free swimming mako swim by me .I decide to try to catch it with both my mackerel still on both poles I reel up the dropper loop up from 90 ft to 20 ft I see the mako turning around i put it back in pole holder. For that is the pole I want to use.I quickly grab the flyline and wined it in as fast as I can at the same time the mako picks up my mackerel on the dropper loop I just let it run with it.with the flyline wound up tight the mackerel falls off the hook still in one piece.I grab the other pole and fight the mako it just goes for short little runs and back under my kayak I really don't want to gaff a green mako so I give it some line.findy it back under my kayak I decided to go for a gaff shot to the gills after it rams the bottom of my kayak.I make sure my knife is ready to coordinate with my gaff and I go for it I nail it in the head pull it up, it bites my side mount transducer.I give it 5 or 6 knife shots to the head and hold on with the gaff until I can grab the tail and pull it in..I slice it gills and let it bleed out in the front of my kayak.After it's fully dead I gut it out and last I cut the heart out and eat it, fresh protein for the paddle back.I release all my mackerel only useing the two.
When I get back to the launch a guy on the beach tells me yellowtail were caught more south from where I was.I decided to get my mako on ice ASAP it was almost noon.

YakDout · 06-19-2017, 06:10 PM

Post of the year, with the heart for a snack. RAD

SLYAKER · 06-19-2017, 06:18 PM

Nice!

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Reel Anxious · 06-19-2017, 06:19 PM

"Mitch the Machine"
Way to go Mitch. How was the heart?

battleborn · 06-19-2017, 06:27 PM

beast mode engaged!

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FullFlavorPike · 06-19-2017, 06:28 PM

heavy

makobob · 06-19-2017, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Reel Anxious

"Mitch the Machine"
Way to go Mitch. How was the heart?

MakoMitch. Way to go. Personally I never bring a mako on board with the head attatched. Even dead he can slide around and woops you bleed. Know a guy lost his big toe to a dead Mako.

MITCHELL · 06-19-2017, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reel Anxious

"Mitch the Machine"
Way to go Mitch. How was the heart?

And fishy gamey taste.... great energy boost.

kirkdavis · 06-19-2017, 06:36 PM

I've done it with elk heart and liver but never thought about a shark heart.
Nice way to celebrate the shark!

MITCHELL · 06-19-2017, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by makobob

MakoMitch. Way to go. Personally I never bring a mako on board with the head attatched. Even dead he can slide around and woops you bleed. Know a guy lost his big toe to a dead Mako.

And cleaned all the blood up, so I would not leave any scent trail, coming into the launch.

FISH11 · 06-19-2017, 08:04 PM

Mitchell........DUDE!!!!!!!!! That was definitely beast mode. I was out there and didn't get a yellow either saw a couple landed, but lost bait several times and _Obed hooked up several times and lost hooks to what we though had to be sharks. Enjoy the steaks.

MITCHELL · 06-19-2017, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FISH11

Mitchell........DUDE!!!!!!!!! That was definitely beast mode. I was out there and didn't get a yellow either saw a couple landed, but lost bait several times and _Obed hooked up several times and lost hooks to what we though had to be sharks. Enjoy the steaks.

I called you on the radio once I should have tried again ....did you hear mako on......

FISH11 · 06-19-2017, 08:42 PM

No I did not hear, but at some point in the day I accidentally had the button lock off on my radio and it had changed the channel and I never noticed.

MITCHELL · 06-19-2017, 08:47 PM

It changes channels hagging on my vest....

katchfish · 06-20-2017, 05:59 AM

Yur loco!

goldenglory18 · 06-20-2017, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MITCHELL

I nail it in the head pull it up, it bites my side mount transducer.I give it 5 or 6 knife shots to the head and hold on with the gaff until I can grab the tail and pull it in..I slice it gills and let it bleed out in the front of my kayak.After it's fully dead I gut it out and last I cut the heart out and eat it...

Savage.

octico · 06-20-2017, 06:31 AM

Nice report, Congrats!

Dirty Curti · 06-20-2017, 08:22 AM

Primal!

summers in kuwait · 06-20-2017, 08:47 AM

Great post Mitchell. Congrats on the Mako! The sharks were thick last weekend for me. I hooked up three times, but having harvested that thresher recently, I wasn't looking to get into any of that.

For all, as Bob mentioned, these creatures do not mess around. Be safe!

tunaseeker · 06-20-2017, 12:49 PM

Whoa! Ferocious!

06-19-2017, 06:00 PM	#1
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,282	Mako Monday la jolla fish report 6/19/17 1 to 2 at the launch its looks like some yellows were caught over the weekend.crowd at the launch was lite.water temperature was 70/71°.Made bait within one hour.all good size pacific mackerel.put one up and one down. Paddled around that way for several hours no sealions no yellowtail....by then the current had me south pretty good so I decided to start heading back before I got to tired. Still having the first two mackerel on, all the sudden my clicker lighty go's off on the flyline, then stops, I'm thinking a sealion, so I turn around to look and see a boil unsure what it is and all of the sudden I see a free swimming mako swim by me .I decide to try to catch it with both my mackerel still on both poles I reel up the dropper loop up from 90 ft to 20 ft I see the mako turning around i put it back in pole holder. For that is the pole I want to use.I quickly grab the flyline and wined it in as fast as I can at the same time the mako picks up my mackerel on the dropper loop I just let it run with it.with the flyline wound up tight the mackerel falls off the hook still in one piece.I grab the other pole and fight the mako it just goes for short little runs and back under my kayak I really don't want to gaff a green mako so I give it some line.findy it back under my kayak I decided to go for a gaff shot to the gills after it rams the bottom of my kayak.I make sure my knife is ready to coordinate with my gaff and I go for it I nail it in the head pull it up, it bites my side mount transducer.I give it 5 or 6 knife shots to the head and hold on with the gaff until I can grab the tail and pull it in..I slice it gills and let it bleed out in the front of my kayak.After it's fully dead I gut it out and last I cut the heart out and eat it, fresh protein for the paddle back.I release all my mackerel only useing the two. When I get back to the launch a guy on the beach tells me yellowtail were caught more south from where I was.I decided to get my mako on ice ASAP it was almost noon. Attached Images __________________ Duke Mitchell Last edited by MITCHELL; 06-20-2017 at 02:51 AM.

06-19-2017, 06:19 PM	#4
Reel Anxious Flippin' Photographer Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Allied Gardens San Diego Posts: 136	"Mitch the Machine" Way to go Mitch. How was the heart? __________________ Filppin' Photographer

06-19-2017, 08:04 PM	#11
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	Mitchell........DUDE!!!!!!!!! That was definitely beast mode. I was out there and didn't get a yellow either saw a couple landed, but lost bait several times and _Obed hooked up several times and lost hooks to what we though had to be sharks. Enjoy the steaks. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

06-19-2017, 08:42 PM	#13
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	No I did not hear, but at some point in the day I accidentally had the button lock off on my radio and it had changed the channel and I never noticed. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

06-19-2017, 08:47 PM	#14
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,282	Ya I do that to... It changes channels hagging on my vest.... __________________ Duke Mitchell

06-19-2017, 06:10 PM	#2
YakDout Brandon Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,345	Post of the year, with the heart for a snack. RAD

06-19-2017, 06:18 PM	#3
SLYAKER Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: corona, CA Posts: 34	Nice! Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

06-19-2017, 06:27 PM	#5
battleborn Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 221	beast mode engaged! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

06-19-2017, 06:28 PM	#6
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 809	heavy

06-19-2017, 06:36 PM	#9
kirkdavis Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: SD County Posts: 360	I've done it with elk heart and liver but never thought about a shark heart. Nice way to celebrate the shark!

06-20-2017, 05:59 AM	#15
katchfish Paddle for Mahi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Doing the happy paddle! Posts: 849	Yur loco!

06-20-2017, 06:31 AM	#17
octico Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: The city of Orange Posts: 1,278	Nice report, Congrats!

06-20-2017, 08:22 AM	#18
Dirty Curti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 419	Primal! __________________

06-20-2017, 08:47 AM	#19
summers in kuwait Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: East County San Diego Posts: 657	Beast mode! Great post Mitchell. Congrats on the Mako! The sharks were thick last weekend for me. I hooked up three times, but having harvested that thresher recently, I wasn't looking to get into any of that. For all, as Bob mentioned, these creatures do not mess around. Be safe!

06-20-2017, 12:49 PM	#20
tunaseeker TB Metal Art Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 653	Whoa! Ferocious!