[SeaSalt]

I got a kick out of reading this article... can't imagine what I would do, I heard some marlins rush toward the boat...

do you guys think this story is true or false?

Marline story:
http://kayaksportfishing.com/journal/journal_jschwartz_marlin_landed.htm

More kayak fishing journals (lots of pics):
http://www.kayaksportfishing.com/kayak_fishing__journal.htm

picture of the guy with marline... can't seem to put it in this post...

 

[Anthony]

That was a crazy story but very possible since he took out another boat then launched the kayak after he hooked up with that fish. Too bad there wasn't a video of this fight.

 

[flistell]

Was this the same guy that pulled out the 660# shark?

Guess you would expect a few fish stories on a fishing site.

 

[Redsgurl]

YEEEEEEEE HAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FL FISHERMAN]

yeah I don't know sounds pretty fishie to me!

 

[cocoflea]

I'm sorry I don't believe it not at all.

 

[mitchmtm1]

12 foot thresher shark

How about a 12 foot thresher shark....from a kayak!!!
Great read too.

http://www.gameandfishmag.com/saltwater/gf_aa016102a/

 

[Juddster]

Sounds much like "The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemmingway.

 

[SeaSalt]

Check this one out...

 

[can't fish today]

That guy looks too clean and neat to have landed that fish on a kayak. He looks like he just stepped off a yacht.

I ain't buyin it.

 

[sand flea]

It's legit. There was an article about catching pelagic species from kayaks in Sport Fishing about a year ago.

Man, talk about a Nantucket sleigh ride...

 

[Smoothbore54]

These stories smell like something cooked up at

Kayak Marketing & Sales.com

 

[mitchmtm1]

craziest

And the craziest one of all. From outdoor life...so it must be true.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/fishing/saltwater/article/0,13199,478950,00.html

 

[SeaSalt]

These pictures are legit... there is whole world of kayak fishing out there...

Its pretty big out west San Diego, malibu area and up north in mass...

I will be getting a kayak next year, try my luck at the Cheasapeak Bay... I'll post some pictures...

 

[flistell]

It's legit. There was an article about catching pelagic species from kayaks in Sport Fishing about a year ago.

Man, talk about a Nantucket sleigh ride...

Sounds more like a Nantucket snow job.

 

[Smoothbore54]

I love good fiction, with an outdoor theme

Gordon McQuarry, Nash Buckingham and Papa Hemmingway are some of my all time favorite authors.

I never feel that my intelegence is being insulted, when I read their stories.

But this type of info-mercial/product indorsement, that passes for journalism, in todays "outdoor" magazines, offends me.

 

[sharkbite]

Ok, question, How the h311 did that guy get the shark into the kayak without getting wet? He didn't even lose his expensive sunglasses. I'm not buyin it either.

Tight Lines


Tim

 

[inawe]

Amazing

what ya can catcth off a boat > I got some swamp land for sale 02 cent an acre to

 

[Thrifty Angler]

Yep

I find it hard to swallow the shark on the kayak pic as well.

From what I have observed while on piers when sharks came over the rail, seems everyone got out the way. With all the tail whipping going on it seems necessary to stand back. Now that's with one on a flat surface.
In a kayak..................looks like all his gear would have been knocked overboard and he would indeed be covered with blood. Or at least be dripping with water from being capsized during the landing process. And where the heck is the gaff that was used on that shark?

Though that shark might have been freshly caught, something does smell fishy with that pic.

 

[mitchmtm1]

In the pic with the shark in the yak, if ya look closely the fish is tail tied and may ahve been bled and towed back to the dock for the pic (Unless there was another yak or boat close to the spot of catch). My bet is that the shark was dead long before it was placed in the boat for a pic.
The yak fishing craze is growing and looks like fun. I never realized what these guys were catching and where they will go untill I looked into it a little bit. Maybe I'll try it....next year.

Mitch