Mike Cruz
06-13-2011, 1:51 PM
Well, took off for a day of shark fishing from Chincoteague, VA on Saturday. Actually, left my house just before midnight on Friday, got down there just after 4 am, was on the boat by 5:30, lines in the water by 8 am or so.
Long story short, while the shark lines were out, we used spin casters to catch some Dorado/Dolphin/Ma hi-ma hi (whatever you want to them...everyone call 'em something different). I caught two, we ended up with three.
We caught four sharks. A Dusky, a Spinner, and two Tigers. The first Tiger was 300 lbs. You can't keep them, and they aren't good eating anyway, so why would you? Anyway, as I reeled him to the boat, I asked my buddy (who owns this boat...a 31 foot Alberta with twin diesels...SWEET BOAT) if he wanted to tag it. That of course meant letting it run back out and bringing it back in...He had no problem as long as I was good with it. So, I let him run back out, my buddy got the tag ready, I brought him back in, and our third guy didn't stab the shark hard enough to set the tag...just hard enough to make him mad, so he ran again. Now, I had to bring this monster in for a third time. Got him up to the boat, he got tagged, we cut the leader, and off he swam. Aha, that's fishing'.
About an hour later, one of the shark lines goes out again. My turn again. Anther Tiger shark. This ones a big brother to the last one. About 7-7 1/2 feet long. In the 500-600 lb range. My biggest fish ever. Got him to the boat, and before my buddy could cut the leader, the beast took off. Well, you know what that means...bring him back in. My buddy asked if he could have some fun. I passed the rod and let him have some fun. When he finally got up to the boat again, I got to grab the leader this time...and got a good look at him. Woo, that was massive. Over 7 feet long and if I had tried to put my arms around him, I wouldn't have been able to touch my fingers on the other side. (I'm 6' 1" 200 lbs.)
Here are some pics. Two of our Ma hi-ma hi, one of the 300 pounder, one of me fighting the 500+ pounder, and the best pic we got of the 500 pounder. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough hands to be fumbling much with a camera on the biggie...
Oh, did I mention that I didn't get to sleep since 7 am Friday morning? Yeah, I was a tired pup.
Long story short, while the shark lines were out, we used spin casters to catch some Dorado/Dolphin/Ma hi-ma hi (whatever you want to them...everyone call 'em something different). I caught two, we ended up with three.
We caught four sharks. A Dusky, a Spinner, and two Tigers. The first Tiger was 300 lbs. You can't keep them, and they aren't good eating anyway, so why would you? Anyway, as I reeled him to the boat, I asked my buddy (who owns this boat...a 31 foot Alberta with twin diesels...SWEET BOAT) if he wanted to tag it. That of course meant letting it run back out and bringing it back in...He had no problem as long as I was good with it. So, I let him run back out, my buddy got the tag ready, I brought him back in, and our third guy didn't stab the shark hard enough to set the tag...just hard enough to make him mad, so he ran again. Now, I had to bring this monster in for a third time. Got him up to the boat, he got tagged, we cut the leader, and off he swam. Aha, that's fishing'.
About an hour later, one of the shark lines goes out again. My turn again. Anther Tiger shark. This ones a big brother to the last one. About 7-7 1/2 feet long. In the 500-600 lb range. My biggest fish ever. Got him to the boat, and before my buddy could cut the leader, the beast took off. Well, you know what that means...bring him back in. My buddy asked if he could have some fun. I passed the rod and let him have some fun. When he finally got up to the boat again, I got to grab the leader this time...and got a good look at him. Woo, that was massive. Over 7 feet long and if I had tried to put my arms around him, I wouldn't have been able to touch my fingers on the other side. (I'm 6' 1" 200 lbs.)
Here are some pics. Two of our Ma hi-ma hi, one of the 300 pounder, one of me fighting the 500+ pounder, and the best pic we got of the 500 pounder. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough hands to be fumbling much with a camera on the biggie...
Oh, did I mention that I didn't get to sleep since 7 am Friday morning? Yeah, I was a tired pup.