Thresher fishing

[Chris]

Went out last Wednesday to see if I could find the threshers. Launched at 4:30pm, Didn't bring bait, just a sabiki and wasted over an hour and half trying to catch Mack's... lots of small baits around but no Mack's until I finally ran over a school around 6pm.

Got a few in the bag, spiked them and sent them out for a drift. Did 3 drifts covering some structure and picked up more Mack's on the drift. Final drift I decided to go in super shallow and start in 35ft rather than 50ish and drift into the beach. 28ft I get picked up, hook up and classic small thresher fight but after 20 seconds and 2 good runs my 100lb mono top shot broke... clean cut with chafe.. not sure what happened there but it was getting late so I headed in.

Next day Britney and I went out about 4pm with the fresh Mack's (froze them over night) and went right up on the beach. Did 4 drifts with one knock down but no hookup and was getting frustrated. Drifting into 20ft of water and as I was pulling in the float rod the fly line got picked up. Quick fight and Britney had a 47" FL thresher on her lap!

Had to book it out of the surf zone before we got into breakers, got some pics then headed for the harbor.

[Latimeria]

Bravo guys!!!  I love that last minute trip trips that produce!  (Actually I miss the hell out of it... I'm getting tired of all this grown up sh!t.  I thought by now it would be getting easier)

Congrats Britney!

[Chris]

Bravo guys!!!  I love that last minute trip trips that produce!  (Actually I miss the hell out of it... I'm getting tired of all this grown up sh!t.  I thought by now it would be getting easier)

Congrats Britney!

Sometimes it's nice to go for something I know and nail it. Still trying to figure out the inshore yellows but it seems like when I want to find a thresher it only takes one or two tries. I also have that shark curse we thought was a blessing not long ago... I'm going to venture up to Jeremy's grounds soon and give it a go. It'll make a nice podcast or video log. Even if it takes 3-5 tries. He has better grade fish too

[Tim524]

Wow, that's really cool, Congrats !!

[KogaHead]

Sweet, Thresher is some good eating!!!

[jrodda]

Bravo guys!!!  I love that last minute trip trips that produce!  (Actually I miss the hell out of it... I'm getting tired of all this grown up sh!t.  I thought by now it would be getting easier)

Congrats Britney!

Sometimes it's nice to go for something I know and nail it. Still trying to figure out the inshore yellows but it seems like when I want to find a thresher it only takes one or two tries. I also have that shark curse we thought was a blessing not long ago... I'm going to venture up to Jeremy's grounds soon and give it a go. It'll make a nice podcast or video log. Even if it takes 3-5 tries. He has better grade fish too

I bet you could slam them up here as long as the conditions set up.

[vdisney]

Very cool indeed, always enjoy your posts