OT my son's new Personal best fish, twice!
08-06-2014, 05:04 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,181
We used to be able to keep them. I think oregon still has a season on them. I think it was some time in the 1970's they stopped harvest. We can still fish for them but CPR only. The fish hatchery I work for has them and I have eaten them. They are a lot like halibut for taste and texture. They don't have bones, they have cartilage. Ron
08-06-2014, 06:54 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
Posts: 1,628
Ron,
There are a lot of folks who fish but not a lot of folks who truly understand the power that a large fish has. I went out for shark twice last fall with my buddy on his boat out of Montauk Long Island, 25 miles southeast of the Montauk lighthouse on the Atlantic. We caught mostly Blue sharks in the 9-12' range with one particular beast of about 13 plus that took four of us taking turns on the rod about 45 minutes just to raise it up where could see it and then another 15 minutes at the surface to get it in where we could release it. We had an 8' Mako shark up at boatside that literally EXPLODED into a violent roll when my buddy's friend stuck a gaff in him just ahead of the tail so he could lift it up for my buddy to get a tail loop on him. When it was all said and done, that shark left us standing there with our jaws hanging as we watched him swim away as if it was a routine event for him. Long story short...you just can't understand the power and speed of these creatures until you've been there and personally done battle with them!
Side note:
My 56 year old carcass was able to wrangle a 10' Blue shark by myself in about 25 minutes and I was whipped for about the next half hour!
BPS
There are a lot of folks who fish but not a lot of folks who truly understand the power that a large fish has. I went out for shark twice last fall with my buddy on his boat out of Montauk Long Island, 25 miles southeast of the Montauk lighthouse on the Atlantic. We caught mostly Blue sharks in the 9-12' range with one particular beast of about 13 plus that took four of us taking turns on the rod about 45 minutes just to raise it up where could see it and then another 15 minutes at the surface to get it in where we could release it. We had an 8' Mako shark up at boatside that literally EXPLODED into a violent roll when my buddy's friend stuck a gaff in him just ahead of the tail so he could lift it up for my buddy to get a tail loop on him. When it was all said and done, that shark left us standing there with our jaws hanging as we watched him swim away as if it was a routine event for him. Long story short...you just can't understand the power and speed of these creatures until you've been there and personally done battle with them!
Side note:
My 56 year old carcass was able to wrangle a 10' Blue shark by myself in about 25 minutes and I was whipped for about the next half hour!
BPS
Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; 08-06-2014 at 07:04 PM.
08-12-2014, 06:27 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hayes, Va.
Posts: 2,332
Ron,
We had an 8' Mako shark up at boatside that literally EXPLODED into a violent roll when my buddy's friend stuck a gaff in him just ahead of the tail so he could lift it up for my buddy to get a tail loop on him. When it was all said and done, that shark left us standing there with our jaws hanging as we watched him swim away as if it was a routine event for him. BPS
We had an 8' Mako shark up at boatside that literally EXPLODED into a violent roll when my buddy's friend stuck a gaff in him just ahead of the tail so he could lift it up for my buddy to get a tail loop on him. When it was all said and done, that shark left us standing there with our jaws hanging as we watched him swim away as if it was a routine event for him. BPS
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Hey Ron, thanks for the video. Very interesting and enjoyable!!!
08-12-2014, 07:51 AM
#14
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
I went fishing when I lived overseas. I had went to Marjorca Spain on holiday (as they love to call it). We went out on a party, drinking, fishing expedition for the day. Was a lot of fun. We were fishing for Amberjack and some other fish. One of the girls on board hooked an at least six foot shark, don't know what kind. But when they got it to the boat, they just cut the line and let it swim off. It sure was fun watching her try to land that thing.
