Saturday 5/12, Yet Another Toothy T (added pics)
 

Saturday AM: At first light there were 12 trucks on the beach unloading
kayaks, nice crowd. Calm wind conditions and some waist high waves.
Launched with a few others and found easy macks at the pier. Loaded 15
small greenies in the tank in 15 minutes and headed to the point. Areas of
bait were all over the surface at the usual spot, inside corner area.

In a couple hours of trolling live bait in the area, got picked up twice by T
sharks which quickly bit thru 25# mono. Saw a small thresher jump close
to a kayak as it was hooked .... and it was quickly gone.

Still hoping for the elusive WSB, I got bit on another flylined mack, got
excited to get a good hookset, full bendo, and the battle was on. A 15
minute battle ensued, but it turned out to be another pup Thresher
hooked in the pectoral fin (circle hook).


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...Pup051207a.jpg





http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...kPup051207.jpg




The hook pulled as I got it to the side of the kayak for pictures. Probably
50#. Beautiful day on the water...

Then, a very close call on the beach landing. :captain:

I pedaled into the middle of a set wave somehow and couldn't beat the
whitewater in, "surfed" a bit, jumped out and managed to get a larger
sabiki hook fully buried in the tip of my middle finger trying to control the
16' yak ... GOOD TIMES!! Thanks Brian for use of your pliers!

:you_rock:

All I lost overboard were my pliers.

Larry, ouch... :o

Any action shots Brian?

Not of Larry's finger, the t shark... :D

How did you remove the hook?
 

I keep thinking I will be hooked when flipped in th esurf, I've been cutting everything off and retying the next time after I'm out. But not always.
I almost gaffed my leg a couple weeks ago when I flipped and the kayak with gaff attached came surging by pulling the gaff into the back of my leg. I was lucky I moved quickly. I found a tennis ball and the tip is now covered.

James

sounds like your playing a game. duck, duck, GOOSE! but its more like: thresher, thresher...........WHITE SEABASS!

I added some action shots of the playful T pup to the original post above -- thanks to Brian and his friend for taking a minute to take pix!! :luxhello:

This one little shark could have eaten quite a few baits last weekend! fyi Thresher population seems to be in decent shape according to Monterrey Bay Aquarium:
http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/SeafoodWatc...t.aspx?fid=103