Its big but its not a bass

JP Dalik · Post by **JP Dalik** » Jun 5th, '09, 06:52

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Caught this little fella while fishing the bunker pods for stripers. 305.5lbs 13'6" in length on a shimano calcutta 400 with 30lb leader.

Had my father on the rod my brother and brother in law on the flyer and straight gaff. 1:43 minutes, before the gaff went in.

Had the right amount of talent and luck on board to pull this off. You should of seen that little 31 smoking back and spinning around to keep up with this fish. It gave me a bit of a horn driving on this one.

Just wanted to share...........

Charlie J · Post by **Charlie J** » Jun 5th, '09, 06:59

nice, and yes they like to hang around the bunker schools on occasion

Brewster Minton · Post by **Brewster Minton** » Jun 5th, '09, 07:52

nice fish!

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Jun 5th, '09, 08:09

Caught one 325 pounds a couple of years ago. It was great eating by the way. You guys did good to get it to the boat on 30#. Great team work!!!

In Memory Walter K · Post by **In Memory Walter K** » Jun 5th, '09, 08:28

IGFA 10:1 Certificate candidate?

Buju · Post by **Buju** » Jun 5th, '09, 08:33

Nice threser... now, is that a bigeye or a common?
Helluva matchup on that gear, gonna remeber that one for awhile.
Love then calcutta 400 & 700's... they are capable of taking some serious
abuse...especially when guys load em up with braid and crank down on that drag... not that that is what you were doin by any means.

You're living the dream JPD... keep the fish reports coming.

Harry Babb · Post by **Harry Babb** » Jun 5th, '09, 08:52

Good going JP....so you put the little 31 thru its paces....that must be quite a rush

Harry

Ironman · Post by **Ironman** » Jun 5th, '09, 09:23

so did you get it in the fish box??

JP Dalik · Post by **JP Dalik** » Jun 5th, '09, 09:56

Wouldn't fit in our fish boxes, hell there was 3 feet of tail hanging out the other end of the boat, however it does now fit nicely in my lunch box.

Common Thresher is mostly what we see up here.

Buju · Post by **Buju** » Jun 5th, '09, 10:00

"please don't bite the teak...
please don't break the rocket launcher...
please don't bite the teak""

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Jun 5th, '09, 11:20

Very nice, especially on light tackle.

AndreF · Post by **AndreF** » Jun 5th, '09, 12:05

Nice, JP.

John F. · Post by **John F.** » Jun 5th, '09, 12:26

Very cool. Kids must have been thrilled.

Capt. DQ · Post by **Capt. DQ** » Jun 5th, '09, 14:00

Congrats JP to You & the crew on that little fellar, thats a nice T for sure!

DQ

bob lico · Post by **bob lico** » Jun 5th, '09, 17:52

at first you had me thinking " oh no his daughter caught it or maybe your son" then i read on . that thesher on 30lb test is why i have all the back up bilge pump system allways end up putting one wave over the stern!!!.great show and good eating ----------congraduation

JohnCranston · Post by **JohnCranston** » Jun 6th, '09, 00:43

JP,
Nice going! 30 lb test...wow! That little Shimano 400 T.E. is my favorite reel...18 or 19 lbs of drag. How do you guys prepare the sharks once caught for tablefare? We catch alot of blacktips here in Tx and we usually clean them right then, but, limits and game wardens keep me from even jacking with them anymore. Lazy on my part...not keeping up with the regs and all.Good job!

JP Dalik · Post by **JP Dalik** » Jun 6th, '09, 21:11

John,

Here's how we treat sharks in general. Its important to get the fish processed as quick as possible. This one was still pretty much alive when we hung it, however if we weren't going to weigh it we would of gutted and processed as much of the fish as legally possible to cool it down.

We bled the fish after weighing it and sawz alled the head off after gutting it. Finned it and brought it down to manageable size pieces (say 50 lbs each) From there the rounds were quartered and the spinal cord and blood lines removed. These quarters were steaked and skinned before packaging. No more than 2 days in the bag before it gets vac bagged and frozen

Cooking it on the grill: a short soak in Italian dressing and its been good to go.
Blackened works great as well butter one side spice both and go for it. I like to heat a cookie tray on the grill instead of doing it inside.

JohnCranston · Post by **JohnCranston** » Jun 7th, '09, 01:14

JP,
Farout! That's what I needed. The new 2 fish limit on snapper here in the gulf will keep my crew in close for the most part. There's alot of 50 to 80 lb blacktips a couple miles out all summer long.
Thanks.

Bob H. · Post by **Bob H.** » Jun 7th, '09, 18:40

JP, Nice whiptail...very tough fish we landed one a few years back, they put there head down and pull...can get a little dicy at the boat with a six foot tail flippin around...should keep your lunch box full for a while. BH

JohnCranston · Post by **JohnCranston** » Jun 8th, '09, 21:45

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JP

I guess you guys would call these channel bass! We call them Red Fish here in TX. John caught the big ones a few months ago and the boat load of the smaller ones this last Saturday. I hear you on the cookie sheet routine that is how we have been doing the shrimp for awhile. The price on them for the past year is been $3.50 a pound, heads off (12 to 14 count per pound) pretty good bargain. Congratulations on the shark; sounds like some good eating. Pam

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