Fishing La Jolla 8-12-13
 

Hi! This is my first post. I've been fishing La Jolla for the last month after fishing Mission Bay and Lake Morena since buying my Malibu x-factor in May. I like reading all your stories and have learned a lot from the forum. I never thought I would participate in catch and release but since I started Kayak fishing I have released all I've caught. Right now I've been focusing on WSB, Halibut or Yellow Tail. Have not landed one yet, had hook ups and broken lines as well as did not stay hooked in the last few weeks. When I do finally get one if legal size I don't expect it will be released. Yesterday I thought I had my first Yellow Tail cause it hit while lowering my bait (a 10" bonito) in 100' of water. Than a jump out of the water and several hard runs. When I got it closer I realized it was a 4' blue shark, good thing I stopped using wire leaders. When I had him along side and was trying to hold it up out of water. So he had no leverage with his tail to try and turn towards me, his teeth cut the line and saved me from having to get my hands too close to cut it.I got a few pictures and it made my day. Weird it came after Shark week. Hope to meet more of you guys out there. MrPatric introduced him self to me a few trips ago. My name is Mark. Wish all of you great fishing. Thanks.

Welcome to the forum! Keep doing it. You will get yours! Tight lines.

fishing La Jolla 8-12-13
 

Thank you! See you out there.

Nice catch! That big guy is actually a mako, a more desirable shark to catch than a blue, and is a lot more common in coastal waters than the blue. Thats actually a nice trophy catch from a kayak. Way to go!

Yeah not quite the blue shark you think It is....that's a mako alright....:eek:

You won't catch me on the water if I spot his big mama :D

MAKO, good eating too.

Fishing La Jolla 8-12-13
 

Thank You in the ID of the shark I had not ck'd out the different pictures on ID. It was a surprise and it did make a lot of splashing until I kept it out of water as much as possible. The last thing I wanted was him turning towards or getting in the kayak. when the line cut on his teeth he just swam off slowly like nothing had happened.

you can spot a mako by it's crazy eyes 0_o

Nice photo of the shark. How did the little bonito do in your bait tank? I've had trouble keeping them alive. Makos can be so twitchy and unpredictable, I always glad when the bite off away from the kayak. Mike

fishing La Jolla 8-12-13
 

Yeah I caught three at once on the sabiki and two more sepperatly. I used the first and lost it when it tangled in some deep kelp. The second was in my tank and like you said it was dead with the others in the live well. That's the one the shark took. Don't know why they die ad green backs do fine. While sinking or trolling I guess they look live enough. Those Teeth where quite intimidating.

Yeah, what a great picture of that Mako. Way to go!

Great Pic, The water looks blue but the shark definitely Mako. You should use that pic for your avatar.

Fishing La Jolla 8-12-13
 

Yeah I've thinking about it. Thanks for advise.

Be really carefull next time. The mako is the only shark that will follow the line back to see what's fn with it.

Very dangerous shark.

awesome photo, really cool although I would be slightly freaked out to see that at the end of my line.

Oh come on guys its just a wittle wone :D

Makos my favorite to eat marinated in teriyaki ! Takes a while to kill make sure u bring a knife next time and be careful!!

100% pure energy! They can just EXPLODE!