A Thrilling Ride
 

Hello, my name is Omar, and I'm a rehabilitating lurker.
I've been in deep research mode while I was tied to the house by a young boy; well now he's grown enough for me to peel away and put time on the water. Thanks for all of the knowledge posted now and prior. I haven't really had anything to post because most of my questions have been asked and answered. And lets just say results on my few trips out so far have been barely enough to report back to the wife. Until this past weekend...

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I had just launched and the weather was lovely, low clouds with the sun fighting its way through in spots. I was trolling and paused to change some settings on my sonar. I'd been having trouble with incorrect readings and wanted to figure the issue out. I decided to give up and continue to the intended fishing spot and said the words, "Well, this sucks!" No sooner had the sound left my mouth and my trolling rod loads intensely and the clicker starts singing. I thought maybe I'd caught something but there was no mistaking a hookup when I felt how hard and fast this thing was ripping line off the reel. I tightened the drag a bit and thumbed the spool. Long story short, 20 minutes of getting towed at 2 mph for my first sleigh ride (and I'm 250 lbs) I got my first thresher shark yakside. After the long fight I didn't want to stress him out more by pulling him out of the water...I'd already decided on a c&r for this first beast. He was tail hooked so I took the path of least resistance and unhooked my lure and let him go. I held his tail firmly moving him around to get water through his gills until he kicked hard enough to release my grip.
This was an absolute thrill. I have never had a fish pull that hard and run so fast in my life. I'm not sure who got hooked more, the shark or me...

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:luxhello:Sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!! :you_rock:perseverance pays off my friend. You motivate guys like me to keep trying ......yakking is hard and it looks like your getting the hang of it. I have ways to go but but eventually ill get there. CONGRATS!!!!!

Looks like a thrilling ride indeed... was this out of Long Beach or Seal Beach? The jetties and oil rigs look familiar...

Congratulations!!.......Very nicely done................

GBF

Well done Omar! Beautiful set up as well...

Nice T shark
 

Great way to start a day, congrats!

Congrats on the cherry popping Thresher !
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So cool..............harbor long tail congrats! :luxhello:

Cool bendo pic! :reel:

Very cool!! Congrats!

We need a thresher icon/smiley.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun is to ride a kayak sled today!!

Congrats on the T.

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Very nice, and WTG on the release.

SSHHHHHHH on the spot!!

Nice catch and extra Kudos on the release!!

JP

Poor man's Marlin...
 

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I love watching guys get their a$$ kicked on light rods. That action shot is pretty sick; it tells the story quite well!

Thanks all...still walking on clouds from that one and lovin' the soreness in my left arm. Haven't gotten to La Jolla yet but the other reports have me salivatin'.

And gettin my a$$ kicked is exactly what was happenin'! That pic I had just tried to get the pick before getting my lure back and he let me know he wasn't done yet :reel: If you look closely you can see the terror in my eyes at the thought of losing that setup at that exact moment. (Josh- I emailed you a few weeks back...we will talk, just not sure when I can fit it in yet.)

Again thanks all. :you_rock:

Great job Omar, I want an ass kicking please!:D:D:D

Those Threshers will give a hell of a workout. Congrats.