Path of Destruction!!! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

RedSledTeam · 03-25-2013, 08:12 AM

Tony,
Thanks for sharing a great story! All we need now is a little seared ahi, pork chops and a campfire! We can all learn from this, so for the 'after-action-review' the RedSledTeam wants to know what you would do differently next time?

ful-rac · 03-25-2013, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RedSledTeam

Tony,
Thanks for sharing a great story! All we need now is a little seared ahi, pork chops and a campfire! We can all learn from this, so for the 'after-action-review' the RedSledTeam wants to know what you would do differently next time?

There is definitely something I would do differently, simply make it a rule to attach a secondary device to big fish... example...a rope, second game clip something to secure it in the event of gameclip or padeye failure. Big fish in my book are fish approching 30 pound class and above. Devices should be attached to separate points on your kayak in the event of failure of one.

The power of these fish should not be underestimated, even after it's clipped, bled for several hours...and you think it's dead for sure...in all likelyhood it's not.

Large halibut are definitely one of the more dangerous things to catch on a kayak and should be treated as such.

I had been forewarned of such possibilites, of gameclip malfunction/failure...I did not heed that advice, in this case. Just because of my own stubbornness or cockyness...or because it just never happened to me before...until I crossed paths with that one insane fish. Had I been prepared...or listened to the advice of fellow more experienced kayak brothers...I would have brought home my PB halibut...

Old Man in the Sea · 03-25-2013, 11:09 AM

Thanks Tony for sharing - great info to know....sorry about that!!!

vincentek9 · 03-25-2013, 03:36 PM

damn that hali rocked you REAL HARD!

taggermike · 03-25-2013, 08:18 PM

Thanks for sharing your "learning oportunity". There is always a bit, or more than a bit, of anxiety when it comes time to gaff a big halibut, cause you never know if they are going to freak. Your's
sounded like a worst case scinario. Mike

GregAndrew · 03-26-2013, 08:18 AM

It was a good gaff, and the fish just laid there. Game clip went on with the fish still calm as can be. He even held the fish by the gaff for at least another minute without a pee. But soon as he pulled the gaff it went psycho.

jorluivil · 03-26-2013, 08:33 AM

I almost had one of those moments with a 20lb hali.

Go to 1:10 and you'll see what happens when the gaff slips out.

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03-25-2013, 08:12 AM	#1
RedSledTeam Daddeo Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OC Posts: 660	AAR Tony, Thanks for sharing a great story! All we need now is a little seared ahi, pork chops and a campfire! We can all learn from this, so for the 'after-action-review' the RedSledTeam wants to know what you would do differently next time?

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Old Man in the Sea Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bay Park Posts: 569	bummer.... Thanks Tony for sharing - great info to know....sorry about that!!!

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03-25-2013, 08:18 PM	#5
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Thanks for sharing your "learning oportunity". There is always a bit, or more than a bit, of anxiety when it comes time to gaff a big halibut, cause you never know if they are going to freak. Your's sounded like a worst case scinario. Mike

03-26-2013, 08:18 AM	#6
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	It was a good gaff, and the fish just laid there. Game clip went on with the fish still calm as can be. He even held the fish by the gaff for at least another minute without a pee. But soon as he pulled the gaff it went psycho.