Catch of the day [Fishing]

[Giles]

Smashed my Blue Shark PB.  Safely returned after the photo was taken….

[goosehd]

@Giles I have often wondered how you can fade pants twice as fast as everyone else, and now I know.  You are wrestling with sharks in your free time.

I guess that takes the washing your jeans in the surf to a whole new level. 

[jordanscollected]

congrats @Giles awesome fish. Give us some more specifics on the style of fishing to catch these. Are you trolling? how long was the fight? do these sharks jump like Marlin?

[Giles]

Fresh mackerel caught on the way out.  Filleted flapper style and fished under a float on a barbless 10/0 circle hook. 400lb wire bite trace, 12feet of 175lb wire rubbing leader, 100 yards of 100lb monofil tied onto PE6 braid.  We set up 4 rigs, one bait at a depth of 200ft, one at 100ft, one at 50ft and one at 30ft, then spread those at varying distances from the boat, shallow to deep.  It's then a crap shoot as to which bait is taken.  Let the fish run, tighten up after the fish has run and 9 times out of 10, you'll have the fished hooked cleanly in the scissors.  Blues dive and do not jump.  The fight was about 10 minutes, but I put serious pressure on the fish, I have seen 120's take people 2 hours before.  I'm a great believer if getting the fight over as soon as is possible, lessen the build up of lactic acid in the fish and give it a better chance of recuperation.  I use my 300-500gm jigging rod and reasonably large fixed spool reel.

Here I am playing a smaller fish the day before….

In the background is HMS Lancaster who was on live ammunition firing exercise.  It was firing 4.5" 21kg shells at twice the speed of sound.  Holy fuck that was both deafening and entertaining (we were not in the shells path, choopers had flown over the shells flight path earlier getting boats to move out of the way)

[jordanscollected]

Thanks for all the details. Sounds like fun. My wife has always asked if i wanted to go on a saltwater fishing trip and i say "not really", you are changing my thought process.

side note: I think I see the IHV-16

[Giles]

@jordanscollected:

side note: I think I see the IHV-16

You do…..

[organisys]

Nice Shark! Congrats.

[Giles]

@jordanscollected:

My wife has always asked if i wanted to go on a saltwater fishing trip and i say "not really", you are changing my thought process.

I have a trip to Madagascar planned for April 22 with one spare space.  Incredible fishing…....

[jordanscollected]

Let me get into a hobby farm before I commit to Madagascar, or the wife will bury me alive.

[neph93]

@jordanscollected:

Let me get into a hobby farm before I commit to Madagascar, or the wife will bury me alive.

At the minute I’d take the fishing trip and the wife could bury me with a smile on my face when I came back.

[Giles]

PM me, I am all ears…..You will never experience anything like this.  It is elemental Africa, with fish......

[neph93]

I left the house early this morning with the two
smalls to get them into kindergarten. Hot Ingrid was still asleep. I’ve just written her a text asking if I can go to Madagascar with Giles…. I’m excited to read the response.

[Giles]

Me too

[Giles]

I just did a fork-length to weight calculation on my big Blue. I estimated the length of the shark from snout to fork at 84" (my sunnies are 6" across, so I have a known measurement) and it comes in at 138lbs…...

[Peter]

@Giles that's a great catch, many congrats on the new PB!

Small one from today (on my favourite jerkbait). I really need to take more pictures, the fishing is great and I'm out most days. Fall in Malmö is magical. Love perch fishing!

[Giles]

Thanks Peter,

First fish I ever caught was a Perch, been to long now since I have had one…..

[Giles]

Popped out at 5AM this morning to catch the tide with a French pal.  It's very late in the season for lure fishing for Bass, so we went, more with hope than expectation.

Guilhem had a nice one, we were made up…..

[Giles]

And I had a baby…...

[jordanscollected]

Great catches @Giles. Fall fishing can be hit or miss here in MN but the fall colors make even a tough day worth it.

[Clint_D]

Finally put a decent yellowfin on deck last night - 98.7 lbs. I had already cut the loins on the other side before I remembered that I hadn't taken a picture.