Daughter caught her first

[JP Dalik]

Thresher shark today. 116.3lbs We had my father in law onboard the boat for this trip.

Chloe did a great job and the fish cooperated nicely the whole time 4 great jumps 20 minutes of pulling and then laid right next to the boat for the tail rope.

[In Memory Walter K]

JP- Lotta Thresher steaks!

[Tony Meola]

Nkice Jp very nice. The kids are never going to forget this.

[PeterPalmieri]

I've got to ask. What is the secret that you can find a couple of threshers without battling through blue sharks. Also how are you boating those fish by yourself?

Good work!

[JP Dalik]

Peter,
No blue sharks where we are fishing..... .5 miles off the beach- its a seasonal thing here.
As far as landing them, there has been a full crew on the boat each time, no guns or anything but we take handling these fish seriously - that tail can hurt.......so there are no games around the boat once tail roped the fish are drug backwards then brought in and lashed down, one cut to separate the spinal cord and they become fairly safe.

[PeterPalmieri]

Very cool. I haven't heard up my way of really being able to target threshers specifically. Although I haven't really given it much thought.

I was under the assumption it was just you and the kids on the boat. I've boated a few threshers with a crew of guys and it can be very dangerous getting that tail under control.

[PeterPalmieri]

Not sure I will be boating a thresher anytime soon but I'd still like know how you sever the spinal cord.

[JP Dalik]

Peter,

12" serated knife 5 fingers behind the eyes, the cartalidge cuts easy.

[PeterPalmieri]

We are starting to hear more and more reports of people catching threshers around the bunker pods, mostly by accident few people targeting them.

JP, you netting bunker and grinding them fresh on the boat? Keeping the baits on the surface? Any other advice for us?

[JP Dalik]

3ft of wire to an offset circle hook 8/o, hook the live bait in the nose. Above the wire a 150lb leader- this if for chafe- about 8 foot long.


One bait behind the boat 80-90ft set 25' down with a 10 oz wait. The other close maybe 5' down with a 5oz weight.

Catch your bait, cut them into chunks and put some water in the chunk bucket, throw a couple chunks and drop in some of the slurry with a ladel. If your around the bunker pods it shouldn't take long.