A day on the water

gatordave · Post by **gatordave** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:05 pm

I was out on Mon the 26th. Started the morning fishing for trout on the flats and got my fill of them by 10:00 From there I decided to throw some ladyfish chuncks up under the mangroves to see if any reds were lurking. The tide was really slow and I couldn't find ant reds so I decided to drift the chunks over some potholes in the grass. Well let me tell you I wasn't expecting what happened next. I'm sitting there slowly dragging the ladyfish when my rodtip comes down and slaps the front of my kayak. Drag screaming rod bending I'm thinking Bull Red. All of a sudden it shifts into high gear and I'm starting to run low in line so I pull my Stik Pin and go for a ride. ( I use a medium action 6'6" rod with 15# suffix braid ) Well 1hr 10min. later I get this thing next to the boat. I decided I wanted a pic so I snared the tail to hoist it up. After the pics it was release and swam away. Hope you enjoy the pics.

DouGR81 · Post by **DouGR81** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:15 pm

And I thought you were crazy for bringing the ray in the kayak

Cool lemon!

skinnywater · Post by **skinnywater** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:17 pm

NICE job on 15# line. You are a bit crazy for swapping places with the shark

gatordave · Post by **gatordave** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:25 pm

skinnywater wrote: NICE job on 15# line. You are a bit crazy for swapping places with the shark

I wasn't going to pull it onto the boat while I was on it since everytime I tried to catch it's tail it would turn and try to take a chunk out of me. Once I had it's tail tied I paddled to a shallow flat and I felt pretty confident I could keep the boat between me and him. He measure 65 1/2 inches.

seeinred · Post by **seeinred** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:30 pm

Badass! Don't think I would of opted for that photoshoot though.

gatordave · Post by **gatordave** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:45 pm

seeinred wrote:Badass! Don't think I would of opted for that photoshoot though.

Can you imagine me writing this story without pics. I would have got a bunch of these

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:51 pm

gatordave wrote:Can you imagine me writing this story without pics. I would have got a bunch of these

I would have believed you. That is beyond crazy bringing a green shark into a kayak.

americanrobster · Post by **americanrobster** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:06 pm

Crazy report. Great pics.

geoffsnook · Post by **geoffsnook** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:13 pm

Dude,

Nice shark. How did you get the pics? Looks like you had someone standing up taking them?

gatordave · Post by **gatordave** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:15 pm

A friend of mine was with me. He has one of those Kiwi Caribe or something like that. But yes he was standing up in it when he took the pics.

CooKnFish · Post by **CooKnFish** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:20 pm

I'm that crazy so I can really appreciate the pictures.
Great work!

geoffsnook · Post by **geoffsnook** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:31 pm

Awesome. I love people risking their lives to give me, the viewer, great footage. That's why I love Shark week when the divers get out of the cage!

CooKnFish · Post by **CooKnFish** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:43 pm

...or when the sharks get in the cage.

Hamrhdz · Post by **Hamrhdz** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:59 pm

15#
Thats awesome!
Leader material?

gatordave · Post by **gatordave** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:43 am

Hamrhdz wrote:15#
Thats awesome!
Leader material?

Believe it or not it was about 18 inches of 60# flouro with a circle hook.It got him in the corner of the mouth.

Vlap · Post by **Vlap** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:14 am

and you all make fun of me for having my feet in the water while shark fishing!

Nice!!!