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Lanark, 7/12
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 2:54 pm
by Littoral
Caught a bunch of little fish & saw some bigger ones. Trout, redfish, ladyfish & lizardfish.
It was the shark scared the near piss out of me.
I was working topwater (hard) and a bull shark nearly the length of my kayak launched on my lure 8ft from my kayak. I (quietly) said, Oh sh*@*t & tucked down as far as I could inside the "boat" and didn't move. In hindsight, since I'm still in one piece, it was fun. I'd guess the shark at +7 feet.
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 4:08 pm
by Soccerdad
this is one of those posts that I will not show the little wifey
she might think a 7 foot shark is her way to get the insurance money, a younger guy, a faster boat, a cleaner car...
glad you're still with us Litt !
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 4:27 pm
by mjsigns
Lit-
Sounds Like some scary stuff
Some of the biggest sharks I've seen have been around Lannark
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 7:05 pm
by DixieReb
wow. I wouldn't have wanted to be you in a kayak with that big thing out there. Glad ya made it back ok. I think the sharks are getting bigger close in, I have hung and fought 2 big ones this year on a CT rig and thankfully they both got off.
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 7:57 pm
by birddog
There's some big 1's out there. I would've been kicking out patties.
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 8:02 pm
by CATCH 22
That's why I don't fish in anything with less than a 5' beam
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 9:15 pm
by Eerman
Chum 'em in close next time and take some pictures.
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 10:06 pm
by Reel Cowboy
birddog wrote:There's some big 1's out there. I would've been kicking out patties.
x2
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 10:42 pm
by grim reeler
Did you chew a hole in the seat cushion?
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 11:30 pm
by BAD BEHAVIOR
If the kayaks got a rod holder. drag a pinfish next time. Probably will beat paddlin!!!!
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 11:37 pm
by noleflyfisher
All this talk of sharks is firing me up. I think I'm gonna head down in a couple weeks and hang some sliced ladyfish off my bow; wait for the toothies to get a wiff; toss a blood fly into the slick and hang on. Pictures to follow . . . hopefully.
Posted: July 13th, 2007, 12:57 am
by Barhopr
noleflyfisher wrote:All this talk of sharks is firing me up. I think I'm gonna head down in a couple weeks and hang some sliced ladyfish off my bow; wait for the toothies to get a wiff; toss a blood fly into the slick and hang on. Pictures to follow . . . hopefully.
Saw Flip and the dude that owns the Cheeca Lodge in the Keys doing just that on TV last week, 'cept it was a Dalphin carcass. Sounds like fun.
Hey Lit, you need to paddle with 45ACP.
Posted: July 13th, 2007, 7:57 am
by jsuber
Nice report Lit, we have been getting lots of attention from the sharks lately too. Since you have some free time in the summer go out ot Alligator Point at first light, and paddle straight out from Leonards Landing past the Clam Poles about two hundred yards past. There is some kind of Ledge there and about 30 minutes into daylight the water will just explode with Tarpon, jacks and spinner sharks. The point has been holding large schools of Trout every now and then too.
Posted: July 13th, 2007, 8:42 am
by Chalk
Barhopr wrote:'cept it was a Dalphin carcass.
Is that Dolphin when sober?
Me and Birddog have been talking about doing that in the back of St. Joe for a couple of years, there are some nice sharks in the back of that bay
Posted: July 13th, 2007, 9:38 am
by Barhopr
Chalk wrote:Barhopr wrote:'cept it was a Dalphin carcass.
Is that Dolphin when sober?
Me and Birddog have been talking about doing that in the back of St. Joe for a couple of years, there are some nice sharks in the back of that bay
Very Sober, just dizzy from the vapors from the baby formula and poop