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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Torrance, CA
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South OC 11/10/16 "The stripes run deep"
Location: Dana Point Gear: Seeker 30-60lb heavy, Avet JX 2 speed Line: 65lb pp, 30lb fc leader Bait: Mackerel Fish: Striped Marlin Estimated weight: 200-300lbs…. maybe larger. Result: broke off!!!!! Fought it for nearly 2 hours, put on a show that had the Sum Fun party boat and 2 other yachts stopped in its tracks. Fish was huge and the girth was massive!! Had it to my kayak 3 times and it dwarfed my Revo by at least 3 feet. By the time King Saba finally caught up to me for the assist, the fish had stopped jumping. I was determined to land this fish even if it meant being towed out to Catalina. Heartbreak in Dana.... Up next.... Gonzaga! oh yeah, and definitely need to get on the Go-Pro program ![]() Last edited by Iceman; 11-14-2016 at 10:54 AM. |
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: SGV
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I'll get the video on my camera up soon. It was a shocker of a fish! My legs were crying after yesterday lol. At one point I thought I would never catch up to you. Damn fish took you for a ride.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: SGV
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This was Druko's first time at Dana too btw.
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: The I. E.
Posts: 353
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Saba was texting realtime updates while I sat in a damn work meeting. I must have seemed very uninterested in the discussions going on because I was glued to my phone the whole time. That must have been beyond-words amazing.
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: South OC
Posts: 1,606
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Wow. One man, one rod and a serious fish on the other end on that line.
Better to have hooked up and lost than never hooked up at all? I'm not so sure. I hope you don't have nightmares of what could been. ! |
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Brandon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
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Awesome man. At least you saw what it was. For me it would be way worse hooking that up and never seeing it. And you definitely had the right gear. With my luck it would have bit my 10-20lb graftech and a lexa 400.
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Paddle for Mahi
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Doing the happy paddle!
Posts: 848
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What a thrill!
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BANNED
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: W of 5
Posts: 1,265
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Happy November.
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"Relax"
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: O'side
Posts: 553
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WOW!!!
Did you know all you had to do was touch the leader, and it would of counted as a hook and release? Heart break for sure, that is if you were going to kill it and eat it. Awesome story!!! No one can take that away from you! Thanks for sharing. Geno
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,972
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Dang...! Jim
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
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That's incredible and a once in a lifetime memory. Ain't Kayak fishing fun! Congrats in being able to get it to sight.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Ev...ature=youtu.be
Here it is. I combined the two short videos I took. The volume spikes throughout the video so I advise against wearing headphones. Last edited by King Saba; 11-13-2016 at 02:39 AM. |
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: The I. E.
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That what you get for being in a Revo. If you were in a barge of a PA, that fish would have tired out in 10 minutes. Seriously awesome.
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Torrance, CA
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"Relax"
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: O'side
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Heartbreak for sure, just watched the video...
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Absolutely amazing!
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Join Date: Sep 2016
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Awesome story but why are you know posting 2 months later lol?
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Spring Valley
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Great story!
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Location: Torrance, CA
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Spring Valley
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Lol, I get that, but to be clear was your lost marlin/lost mind occurrence on 11/10/16, like I speculated, and not 2 months ago? Thanks.
One thing you can always say, you are one of the very few in Socal waters to every hook a Striped Marlin on a kayak, and to fight it for that long is impressive indeed. Congrats on the feat!
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"Never say die" Last edited by Aaron&Julie; 11-15-2016 at 05:48 PM. |
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