Had Joe (9to1) and my mate Ed out today for another day of fun fishing in the deep. Started off picking a few keeper fish with my first keeper being 5.5lbs. Spent the rest of the morning weeding through the shorts. I continued playing with my ultra light set-up and around 10am I dropped a bucktail down and hooked into a Thresher measuring 36 inches to the fork which would have to go back. Snapped some pictures and returned it to the water to fight another day. Still can’t believe the St Croix Avid / AVC66MF 10-17lb rod didn’t snap and the Abu Revo SX reel wasn’t spooled by the shark
Back to the fluking we would continue to pick at keepers and shorts until the South wind came on strong and we headed back in. Joe, Ed and I would wind up boxing 4 each to 5.5lbs. Ed added a 3.5lb knucklehead and a ling too. If we had a few more lines in the water, I’m sure we would have put quite a few more fish in the box. Nonetheless, Good times on the water today. Gotta give Ed the props for the fluke clock idea.
Full report can be viewed at
http://www.netkeeperfishing.com/netkeeper_fishing_reports/2012/07/01/july-1-2012-good-fluking-thresher/
