I have 7 fly rods. I am far from perfect. Just doing well with centerfire rifles.
I have 7 fly rods. I am far from perfect. Just doing well with centerfire rifles.
A 70 pounder is a baby.Do you have a thirteen weight for the "once in a lifetime" sailfish trip. I actually took it out for yellowfin tuna once. Thank God I didn't hook one on it!We hit a school of 70 lbers. Then I tried to use it for Stripers. I thought my arm was going to fall off after 20 minutes. Now, it sits.
That would have been a short game.A 70 lb. tuna is a 45 minute fight on a Penn 50, if you're lucky.I was an idiot for taking the fly rod. It only had 150 yards of backing.
Just shy of 500 poundsI don't fish for sharks. I am also worried about their long term survival. I don't think sport fishermen are going to do them in but the commercial fleets probably will. That is an amazing shark. I have never seen a thresher shark.
Nah. This was on the Independence, and the weight exceeded 70 pounds by roughly 200 pounds. 30 minutes, and they were in the "death spiral".View attachment 1002837
SoCal. The largest I boated was a 813 pound Mako. I have a video of the fight from the time it was hooked, until the time I brought it to the surface. Almost 5 hours of fighting. You'll find the largest Mako's in SoCal.Bahamas?