La Jolla Kayak Fishing 4-2-17

[FISH11]

This last Sunday I went out because it was the best surf and wind window. I was hoping for a nice 30+ lb Yellow to add to the fish I am saving to donate to Heroes on the Water. The last couple of trips were plenty of bait and short bites. Fed plenty of Frickin Fur Bags, they have been a real pain lately. Finally after trying to the north, west and then south towards the mass of boats and other kayaks, I hook up and at first it felt like the right kind, then the jumps and I knew it was a Thresher. The last few I hooked either broke the leader or after a long tow jumped and used their tail to break my braided line. This time using a circle hook I was able to stay on and wanted to get it close before I would decide to try and land it. Got towed around and out a couple extra miles. Man the sleigh ride is always a blast. After about 40 minutes I had him up against the side of the kayak 3 times and I could touch it's tail. He was at least 1/2 the length of my X Factor (14.4') and provably over 100 lbs. I was wore out, at least my left arm was really tired. I figured that by myself it was not a good idea to try and land it since I was alone and more tired than it was. Just as I decide I will cut the line and switch the rod to my left hand so I can grab the knife and the rod tip is still in the water, the Shimano Terez rod just blows up and is in 3 or 4 pieces. I grab the knife and cut the line. The broken pieces and the leader 7' and about 3' of braid all go with the Thresher. That was one of the most awesome experiences I have had at La Jolla while fishing on my Kayaks. I am sending Shimano my broken rod I purchased in November and hope they honor their warranty. Than was a expensive rod, works really well. This one I purchased to use on smaller Yellows under 25 lbs and never thought the first large fish on it would be a large Thresher. With the fishing as slow as it's been this is a great experience I won't ever forget. https://youtu.be/-uf_VusqqZk

[WARRIORMIKE]

I gave the video a "like" Good job.

[bwana]

Shimano will honor your warranty.

I had a lifetime warranty rod bust due to my own fault landing a fish. They replaced it no questions asked.

Nice sleigh ride video. Too bad no video of the rod exploding.

[FISH11]

Originally Posted by bwana

Shimano will honor your warranty.

I had a lifetime warranty rod bust due to my own fault landing a fish. They replaced it no questions asked.

Nice sleigh ride video. Too bad no video of the rod exploding.

Thanks. I know I didn't even know the rear Go Pro had stopped. The front one I had turned off so I could switch the orientation to upside down in order to get the under water shots. It seemed like I could not get him up any closer than 12-15' below for over 15 minutes and was pulling as hard as I dared since this rod was a medium and I had intended it to be my lighter gear for fish under 25 lbs. I was not putting the drag on the Avet MXJ any tighter than about 2/3 to 3/4 so as not to overload the rod. In the end I don't know what he did, use its tail or twisted it against the kayak because he was kind of under my kayak and the leader was just about at the rods tip. I contacted Shimano today and will ship them the rod with the form and a copy of the receipt from Turner's. Thanks Mark.

[John M]

To keep your arm from getting tired rest the grip of rod on your knee and "rail rod" the fish. Tip of rod will probably be in water but that does not matter.
You can put more pressure on the fish this way and land them faster.

[FISH11]

Originally Posted by John M

To keep your arm from getting tired rest the grip of rod on your knee and "rail rod" the fish. Tip of rod will probably be in water but that does not matter.
You can put more pressure on the fish this way and land them faster.

Definately, I was doing that later in the fight. I think it's on some of the video. Thanks for the tip. Too bad I couldn't get the shots of the tail up against the kayak with half of it out of the water. Those tails are quite impressive.

[FISH11]

Originally Posted by WARRIORMIKE

I gave the video a "like" Good job.

Thank Mike, U Tube just makes it harder to put your own music with all the copyrights. I noticed all the videos I had previously posted, now all show music is copyrighted. They still play, but apparently they have changed the rules now and all new postings even with the disclaimer get muted. That sucks!

[WARRIORMIKE]

Originally Posted by FISH11

Thank Mike, U Tube just makes it harder to put your own music with all the copyrights. I noticed all the videos I had previously posted, now all show music is copyrighted. They still play, but apparently they have changed the rules now and all new postings even with the disclaimer get muted. That sucks!

find a song thats a "remix" Or use a song that is "instrumental version" of a song you want. Also you can search on youtube for non copyrighted music

[FISH11]

Thanks Mike. when I got the notification of the muting due to copy rights I tried using their list of free music and was good, except it would not let me put more than 1 song and the video was way longer. So I downloaded 3 songs from their list and had to edit my video on the I Movie and then re-submit it to U Tube and delete the original version which already had 67 views. It just makes it a pain, but next time I know what it takes now that they changed things up.

[batfish]

Great under water footage!!

[_Obed]

congrats Mark.
killer video.