Vice and Villainy - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Aquahunter · 01-02-2010, 10:38 PM

Simply AWESOME, I wish for my first thresher shark this year. How do you bleed it?

fishinkid2010 · 01-02-2010, 11:18 PM

Yani,
Thanks so much for those steaks. My family and I had them tonight, they were excellent. We didn't bread them like you did though

, we did a combo of seering and baking with some spices and herbs. They turned out very well.

Congrats on the beautiful shark too!

emrliquidlife · 01-03-2010, 12:12 AM

What do you do to land a shark that big? Do you whack it on the head? I assume thresher sharks have minimal teeth?

T Bone · 01-03-2010, 07:08 AM

WTG! Yes I had thresher last night myself.They are thick outside of NPH right now too I have heard from VERY reliable sources.any guesses as to weight-length.

habanero · 01-03-2010, 08:32 AM

Nice fish Villain

Thank you again for the wonderful steaks. I put some on the grill after marinading them in a white wine sauce. It was by far the best Shark ever!

I pedal while I fish, and it looks like you paddle while you fish by the looks of those "glove boots"

Congratulations

T Bone · 01-03-2010, 09:11 AM

Those are his Sho Kosugi ninja boots.Very stylish.I think thresher is better than Mako.I made a seasoned glaze with a mayo base to keep it from sticking to the grill worked awesome.I am gonna call Meg and see if she wants to come over for dinner...

Tman · 01-03-2010, 05:45 PM

Nice intro Yani...

You are lucky I don't have control of this site, I would seriously ban your posts with recipe pics...

Keep 'em coming, I, like you, love thresher and makos...next goal besides hand-feeding a mako is to catch one on the yak. Caught makos from a sailboat, but not on a yak.

Weight?

Jimm H · 01-08-2010, 02:06 PM

emrliquidlife: to answer your question about landing a T, you fight it until you can get it to the boat AND be able to grab its tail. Put the clicker on, and thumb the reel as you take it out of gear. If the shark is still green, it will swim back down (hence, the reel out of gear). If its tire, you grab the tail and lift it up vertically. When a thresher hangs, its organs compress and it can't breath or fight.

I suggest you use 12 ft. of 80 lb mono for your leader (if you hook a mako, it'll bight right thru that, saving it from biting thru you). Threshers also can't leave Rapalas alone. I've had live bait and a rapala on two rigs and they almost always take the rapala. Take off all but the back treble to keep from hooking it by the tail.

Hopefully, you only catch one each year, as they provide a ton of meat, but do not reproduce quickly. Remember, the ones we see inshore are small.

DESTROYER · 01-08-2010, 03:53 PM

Looks good my friend! When are we going to cook a little something up together?

Tman · 01-08-2010, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimm H

emrliquidlife: to answer your question about landing a T, you fight it until you can get it to the boat AND be able to grab its tail. Put the clicker on, and thumb the reel as you take it out of gear. If the shark is still green, it will swim back down (hence, the reel out of gear). If its tire, you grab the tail and lift it up vertically. When a thresher hangs, its organs compress and it can't breath or fight.

I suggest you use 12 ft. of 80 lb mono for your leader (if you hook a mako, it'll bight right thru that, saving it from biting thru you). Threshers also can't leave Rapalas alone. I've had live bait and a rapala on two rigs and they almost always take the rapala. Take off all but the back treble to keep from hooking it by the tail.

Hopefully, you only catch one each year, as they provide a ton of meat, but do not reproduce quickly. Remember, the ones we see inshore are small.

Agreed...all of mine have been with Rapalas, and it makes it easier to wrangle them in, since they do tail slaps at potential bait. Pull the tail up, and tuck it under your arm to avoid getting tail whacked, and play the waiting game.

I bleed them from the yak, but Yani took it to a new level...

01-02-2010, 11:18 PM	#2
fishinkid2010 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: La Mesa Posts: 386	Yani, Thanks so much for those steaks. My family and I had them tonight, they were excellent. We didn't bread them like you did though , we did a combo of seering and baking with some spices and herbs. They turned out very well. Congrats on the beautiful shark too! __________________ Need a custom rod wrapped? PM me! http://s686.photobucket.com/albums/vv222/fishinkid2010/Sample%20Rod%20Wrapping/?albumview=slideshow

01-03-2010, 12:12 AM	#3
emrliquidlife Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 59	What do you do to land a shark that big? Do you whack it on the head? I assume thresher sharks have minimal teeth? __________________ - MLPA Soldier awaiting further instructions -

01-03-2010, 07:08 AM	#4
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	WTG! Yes I had thresher last night myself.They are thick outside of NPH right now too I have heard from VERY reliable sources.any guesses as to weight-length. __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-03-2010, 09:11 AM	#6
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	Those are his Sho Kosugi ninja boots.Very stylish.I think thresher is better than Mako.I made a seasoned glaze with a mayo base to keep it from sticking to the grill worked awesome.I am gonna call Meg and see if she wants to come over for dinner... __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-03-2010, 05:45 PM	#7
Tman BRTF...bought & paid... Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,247	Nice intro Yani... You are lucky I don't have control of this site, I would seriously ban your posts with recipe pics... Keep 'em coming, I, like you, love thresher and makos...next goal besides hand-feeding a mako is to catch one on the yak. Caught makos from a sailboat, but not on a yak. Weight? __________________ Adios Tman Gaffer for Clay the Fishcatcher

01-02-2010, 10:38 PM	#1
Aquahunter Crazy Deaf Cuban Redneck Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Descanso, CA Posts: 158	Simply AWESOME, I wish for my first thresher shark this year. How do you bleed it?

01-03-2010, 08:32 AM	#5
habanero Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SD Posts: 133	Nice fish Villain Thank you again for the wonderful steaks. I put some on the grill after marinading them in a white wine sauce. It was by far the best Shark ever! I pedal while I fish, and it looks like you paddle while you fish by the looks of those "glove boots" Congratulations

01-08-2010, 02:06 PM	#8
Jimm H Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rancho Bernardo-San Diego Posts: 117	emrliquidlife: to answer your question about landing a T, you fight it until you can get it to the boat AND be able to grab its tail. Put the clicker on, and thumb the reel as you take it out of gear. If the shark is still green, it will swim back down (hence, the reel out of gear). If its tire, you grab the tail and lift it up vertically. When a thresher hangs, its organs compress and it can't breath or fight. I suggest you use 12 ft. of 80 lb mono for your leader (if you hook a mako, it'll bight right thru that, saving it from biting thru you). Threshers also can't leave Rapalas alone. I've had live bait and a rapala on two rigs and they almost always take the rapala. Take off all but the back treble to keep from hooking it by the tail. Hopefully, you only catch one each year, as they provide a ton of meat, but do not reproduce quickly. Remember, the ones we see inshore are small. __________________ "Back in the day, we.... "

01-08-2010, 03:53 PM	#9
DESTROYER Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: "The Table" Posts: 976	Looks good my friend! When are we going to cook a little something up together?