Destroyed by a thresher
 

Underestimate his size and power..fishing wire but mono was no match for the tail wack. 20mins into the fight curse of the gopro continues. https://youtu.be/rvE6xRYnSI4

that happened to me too. 10ft from the boat.

Looks like you lost it when you dropped the rod tip and lost all your rod's shock absorbing ability. The drag might have been too tight as well.

There were a lot of Thresher hook ups yesterday. I kind of tried to stay out further but also had a hook up just outside the bait area. Played it for a while but really wasn't intending to land it. Just wanted to get it closer and make an assessment on it's size. I guess on 80 to 100lbs. I knew early on, it was a Thresher because of it's vertical jump. Enjoyed the sleigh ride and loosened the drag to keep it on but after about 10 minutes decided to tighten it up and let it break the 40lb fluoro leader. I was hoping for some great video of the jumps out in front of me but the frickin Go Pro just makes everything look twice as far and the Camera mount rod is too short and had my hat partly in the way. Too bad the Thresher jumping and sliding on top of the water while looking back at me directly in front of my kayak, was just awesome. I wish the video was better so I could have gotten a couple of stills out of it. I think I will have to re-think using the Go Pro and start mounting my water proof Nikon on the mount and turn it on manually on the 1080p video mode.

You'll get 'em next time!

The case of to much pressure on a green fish..not my first and definitely won't be my last :D

What else do you think you could have done differently?

hopefully we get some on saturday

i had a 60# leopard shark on, came up pretty fast and green...hit the top and blew up on me. i learned then dont know whats going on some times, back off your drag when they are on top, and cut the line and c&r.

Live and learn..get so lucky next time..
Kage through the dome lights out .