T.Shark towing company 3.9.12
 

nobody wanted to join me in some rockfishing outside of NPH so i decided to go by myself.

launched at 6:15 by myself.
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made some nice 6" macs at the mouth of the harbor, also caught a big 13" one.. decided to try to troll him around while i paddle to the rockfish spot. after all... big bait catches big fish, right?
got to an area that looked decent, reeled in my trolled mac, dropped him straight down. HUGE YANK.. damn seals.. reel up. sharp teeth marks.. hmm
drop the same guy down. 20 seconds of dropping and my line starts zipping out like crazy. close the spool and rod loads up BIG TIME. damn.. i probably got a dolphin since there are a million around me right now... fish is swimming straight down.. hmm..

did alot of this.. wondering if i should cut the line or not.
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line starts going out straight.. then i see a bunch of these
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OH SHIT?! i only have 40# spectra on. it might cut me off.. oh well. keep fighting. then another 30 minutes of this.
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1.5 hours, and a solo gaff later.. i finally get one of these.
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_0220.jpg

MY FIRST EVER T.SHARK! slit its gills as i tie it on the back of my yak and paddle in. smiling the whole time because i landed a 70lb thresher all by myself. using only 40# spectra and a size 250 conventional reel. very suprised that it didnt break off, line fray, or any bad things happening during the 1.5 hour fight.

Dude...... killer pictures!!!! congrats!!!!!

Nice!

holy ...hell yeah. Killer pictures man. You went out alone but found someone to play. Thanks.

x2 :reel:

solid
 

thats was a solid fight i bet i hooked up with 2 at lj lost1 landed then other within 3 days of going out last week...putting in work solo bolo on the yak gotta gotta love it....tight lines literlly :reel:

http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMG_0210.jpg

That has to be one of the best kayak fishing pics I have ever seen

Congrats on a great day!
:cheers1::cheers1::cheers1:

Picture of a life time.hooked and released at least 30 of them in 4 years,but never made shot like this.
I was fishing Newport too today around 11am. Didn't see you.

Congrats on the solo landing. Awesome pic dude.

^^^^^^^^ This sums it up impeccably.

Best kayak fishing pic.....EVERRR!!!!

Truly amazing!!!

I love the low-speed yak....KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) ;)

Well done:luxhello:

That is a bad @$$ pic of the thresher jumping for sure. Someone give this man an award for pulling off that shot and fighting the shark at the same time!!! I'm guessing these were still frames taking from a GoPro or something?

That's better.:)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2...D720/ry%3D480/

WTG! T-Shark :you_rock:

Even better doing it solo :notworthy:

BAD ASS!








:you_rock:

Jumping T-shark. Definitely send that one to WON. It's sick.

Step 1: Have 3' x 5' photo printed
Step 2: Purchase picture frame
Step 3: Insert nail in wall next to family photo
Step 4: Hang picture

IMO....its going to be hard to top that picture this year. Congrats on an awesome catch!!

I second Amish Ed. Thats a WON cover photo for sure.
Tim

Great picture.... I love how you can see the line all the way to the mouth. What kind of camera you taking out there??

:cool: you got the Ride & the pic! thanks for the post..! :)

Sweet pics!!!

That is an AWESOME pic! :cheers1:

That is an awsome TShark pic! Definitely submit it to WON! way to go out there Vincent!

Nice pic!

Now thats a "tailwalker". Check out that tail,completely out of the water!. Who says fish can't walk on water. Truely a fish you won't forget about anytime soon...nice.

DUDE! that photo is insane! It should be on the cover of a kayak mag. I've tried so many times to get a good launch shot, it does'nt get any better than that! Tasty on the BBQ also.

That pic makes it all worth it. Great job

nice pics! and good eats!

it really took 1.5 hours though?

I have a new background picture.....incredible shot and catch.

Rad photo, congrats.

Thats beautiful! Cheers :cheers1:

AWESOME PHOTO !!!!:luxhello::luxhello::luxhello::luxhello::luxhe llo:

WOW! :cheers1:

Airborne T-Shark photo is just unreal!!!!

best picture, amazing. Congrats

thanks for all of the compliments guys!



i was only used 40# spectra, and took the pictures with my iPhone.

That is without a doubt the coolest Thresher picture I have ever seen bar none! Congrats on the nice shark!

Absolutely, this is one of the best pictures. I could see that one on the cover of a Kayak magazine. Congrats on the catch, nice fish. Thanks for taking the time to share.

X4!!! You shoulod send that to a magazine.

you are my hero :you_rock: