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Old 10-07-2014, 07:30 PM   #21
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Let your wife see this post and get the green light for an upgrade from a 14' kayak to a 25' center console!
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:12 AM   #22
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Unbelievable experience, and well handled guys! While I'm sure you would rather that never happen again, I think you will grow to appreciate the experience (if you can't tell I'm a shark lover).

Stay safe everyone!
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Old 10-08-2014, 07:14 PM   #23
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Yeah. If this works, please let me know!


It's time to fish!
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Old 10-08-2014, 11:52 PM   #24
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I'm glad Ryan is ok and that we can all learn from this.
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Old 10-09-2014, 07:58 AM   #25
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^ 10 X's on that. Wife and I go almost every weekend and always offshore trolling for whatever in a tandem outback. We have seen what we thought was at least a 15' GW going in circles in front of us as we came out of a patch of fog. I was just getting ready to drop a monster greenback hooked to wire leader to hopefully catch a Thresher when I spotted this enormous fin right in front of me. We moved about a mile away before dropping that greenback!
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Old 10-09-2014, 08:49 AM   #26
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1. If there is a first attack, its time for everyone to come in.

You guys have big brass ones (or are another level of loco) if there was an attack that day already and you kept going at it!
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Old 10-09-2014, 05:23 PM   #27
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First attack

The first attack was over 10 miles north from were we were fishing. For us the first attack only came within less then a 100 yards from us.




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1. If there is a first attack, its time for everyone to come in.

You guys have big brass ones (or are another level of loco) if there was an attack that day already and you kept going at it!
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Old 10-14-2014, 09:35 AM   #28
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I would suggest not to use wire leader...

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^ 10 X's on that. Wife and I go almost every weekend and always offshore trolling for whatever in a tandem outback. We have seen what we thought was at least a 15' GW going in circles in front of us as we came out of a patch of fog. I was just getting ready to drop a monster greenback hooked to wire leader to hopefully catch a Thresher when I spotted this enormous fin right in front of me. We moved about a mile away before dropping that greenback!
Wire leader is not needed. Use 12-15 feet of 80 lb mono as leader. Threshers usually break the leader with their tail anyway and 80 lb will withstand it and last in any proper hookup (corner of the mouth). Use a circle hook, or better, simply troll a Rapala CD14 (they can't resist them).

If you get hooked to a more dangerous Mako with this rig it won't last but a few seconds, so it's definitely the best way to rig for Threshers.

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Old 10-14-2014, 04:41 PM   #29
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I have used that Tec for threashers at gaviota before!!! works great







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Wire leader is not needed. Use 12-15 feet of 80 lb mono as leader. Threshers usually break the leader with their tail anyway and 80 lb will withstand it and last in any proer hookup (corner of the mouth). Use a circle hook, or better, simply troll a Rapala CD14 (they can't resist them).

If you get hooked to a more dangerous Mako with this rig it won't last but a few seconds, so it's definitely the best way to rig for Threshers.

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Old 10-18-2014, 10:17 AM   #30
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Thanks for the post

Is there any prior post of proper radio usage? I searched for one but was not able to find any good ones.
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Old 10-19-2014, 12:40 PM   #31
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Radios

We had radios on the water with that day and were key in contacting our friends in a nearby boat.



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Is there any prior post of proper radio usage? I searched for one but was not able to find any good ones.
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