LJ 12/7 AM - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

THE DARKHORSE · 12-06-2008, 06:51 PM

I'm glad I didn't miss anything, I chuckled when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m.

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Launched late, went straight to the canyon edge and found a couple acres of Sardines and Greenback Mackerel, plugged the tank in minutes. My plan was to fish the point in the afternoon, with the dropping tides current producer. The acres of bait seemed to be moving pretty quick on the meter, even though the ball was huge I kept slipping off the edge and the schools of bait stretched from 150' down to the surface in a few spots. Even though this wasn't my intended area to fish I decided to soak a couple of baits and see what was pushing the bait around. My mid-column 10" greenie is slammed after a thirty minute stalk on the bait-ball, drag ripping with ridiculous speed, no tail thumps, oh no not again. After getting a good look at the wrong kind (large Thresher), I thumbed the spool till the line snapped. I didn't drop another bait until I made it to my intended Yellowtail area, just to have another encounter with the wrong kind, again.

Sure enough, the three week window of relatively good Thresher Shark fishing continues

. As a matter of fact I've never seen this many around in December before, ridiculous (average fish around 120+ lbs). I know it would be highly looked down upon to say something like "go get'em boys", so I won't.

But....if you are interested in catching a Thresher Shark....tomorrow would be a good time to try (deep water--big bait--larg circle hooks--afternoon bite), good luck!

Oh yeah, bring a buddy to be safe, and don't troll a damn Rapala.

12-06-2008, 06:51 PM	#6
THE DARKHORSE Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Seven minutes from the launch! Posts: 987	Thanks for the morning report Dave.... I'm glad I didn't miss anything, I chuckled when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m.. Launched late, went straight to the canyon edge and found a couple acres of Sardines and Greenback Mackerel, plugged the tank in minutes. My plan was to fish the point in the afternoon, with the dropping tides current producer. The acres of bait seemed to be moving pretty quick on the meter, even though the ball was huge I kept slipping off the edge and the schools of bait stretched from 150' down to the surface in a few spots. Even though this wasn't my intended area to fish I decided to soak a couple of baits and see what was pushing the bait around. My mid-column 10" greenie is slammed after a thirty minute stalk on the bait-ball, drag ripping with ridiculous speed, no tail thumps, oh no not again. After getting a good look at the wrong kind (large Thresher), I thumbed the spool till the line snapped. I didn't drop another bait until I made it to my intended Yellowtail area, just to have another encounter with the wrong kind, again. Sure enough, the three week window of relatively good Thresher Shark fishing continues . As a matter of fact I've never seen this many around in December before, ridiculous (average fish around 120+ lbs). I know it would be highly looked down upon to say something like "go get'em boys", so I won't. But....if you are interested in catching a Thresher Shark....tomorrow would be a good time to try (deep water--big bait--larg circle hooks--afternoon bite), good luck! Oh yeah, bring a buddy to be safe, and don't troll a damn Rapala. __________________ Last edited by THE DARKHORSE; 12-06-2008 at 07:02 PM.