Launched the kayak at around 5am.
Made bait with some cool dudes who were going to make a long trek for some wahoo. I made 1 green back and 20 Spanish mackerel. I typically don't fish with Spanish macs, but since I slayed 60+ lb yellowfin tuna on the Commander 3 weeks ago at the 43 with ONLY Spanish macs, I had all the confidence in the world.
I haven't been on the yak for a while since I've been doing this all summer. Last time is when Cadillyak and I decided to go offshore. We ended up popping 4 25+ yt's.
After I made bait, I headed out to my spot, and started to fly line. Worked an area ridiculously well for one decent sized Bonita.
Kept trolling to a new location where I was harassed by dogs for the next 1 1/2 hour. Most ridiculous day fighting off the dogs. No boats around, no kayaker's, NO ONE. Just me and the dogs.
Finally, I saw one kayaker who was trolling by and he had the same problem. Talked for a minute and we both started to head out to try and avoid the dogs. I started to head out, and decided to take a second to chill.
Ended up killing 1 hour before I dropped another bait in the water.
Saw the New Seaforth from a distance and knew I was in the clear.Trolled around another area for no takers but looked SUPER fishy. Started looking at the meter, and told myself I was gonna yo-yo super hard for the rest of the day.
Made my first drop, BAM! short bit. Dropped it back down, BAM! Decent sized salmon grouper. Drifted off rock pile so I went back and BAM! Momma ling on the deck.
Drifted off it again. A few drops later, BAM! Poppa Ling on deck. Both lings were SOLID.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=507xbHx-qzw
My gaff is absolutely shot. Super dull and rusted a bit. Had no idea since i haven't been out in months. Couldn't stick any lings the first shot... WHO SELLS GAFFS AGAIN?
3 passes, 3 solid fish. Stoked.
Went back to the spot to work it for the 4th time. Made a few drops to find my self into this predicament.
NOTE: I don't give 2 shits if you are sick of hammerhead videos. This was the craziest thing that I've experienced in my life. Kudos to my my buddy who edits videos for a living. Many people have wanted to see the experience, so here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGBFHV-1R9k
The Shark was exploding bait off the surface. Assuming it was feeding, I decided to get the hell out of there. While reeling up my jig, ZZZZ! Hooked on the shark to my fly lined mac.
I first thought it was a great white since I thought I saw a black tip. Ended up being a hammerhead. I put barely any pressure on the fish and started peddling urgently with very little tension on the fish. I didn't want to piss it off since I knew he was feeding. It started swimming towards me and I started putting more pressure on the fish. It finally broke me off and that's where i decided to book it to a boater who was a 1 mile+ away from me.
10 min later, I called my brother and was telling him about the experience i just had. I look behind my shoulder, and all I see is a 10ft hammerhead swimming in my wake 2 feet behind my kayak. I thought i was in a bad dream. LOL.
The HH and I made eye contact (literally) and that's when he decided to RAM my yak several times for the next hour. The HH tweaked out my mirage drive where hopefully its repairable! Made it really awkward booking it for the next hour.
Finally, I made my way over to the boat. Boy was I a happy camper when I ran into SEAQUINN and his buddy! The HH followed me all the way to the boat. They loaded my kayak up to their sick CC and towed me back to the buoy Line.
At the end of all this, I should of had an extra knife, my VHF radio, and some sort of whistle/noise device that can alert people from afar. I'm blessed for having this once in a life time experience, but cursed that I'll have bad dreams for the rest of my life. lol I usually don't post much and edit videos since I'm super busy, but I finally have some free time for the next week or so, so I'm taking full advantage. You can catch me back at LJ prepared next week!!
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