First Trip

[JP Dalik]

There's been some great Thresher fishing lately. We took my son out to catch his first. Snagged 50 baits real quick, made some fresh chum on the boat and ran down the beach looking for some active pods. After 22 minutes of fishing Cort got to put the Shimano Terez/ Saragosa combo to work. Little over an hour later here's the results. 160.3 lbs Needless to say we still have 38 baits. Maybe we'll do it again tonite.





Oh yeah and the boat ran great.

[Harry Babb]

You'll never get the smile off of Corts face......building memories! ! !

hb

[Capt. DQ]

Come on Dad, SMILE! You know You love it as much as Cort did. BTW the boat looks Damn Good! Now come on down and help do mine hahaha!

DQ

[TailhookTom]

Impressive -- well done!

[Bob H.]

Great job Cort...on a spinning rod to boot...tough fish they dont call em bulldogs for nothing...and great eatin too.BH

[Harry Babb]

I am not familar with the Thresher Sharks at all.....but at first glance I am really surprised at how thick and round their body is just in front of the tail. Takes a lot of muscles to manipulate that massive tail.

Are they very fast swimmers? Are they an aggressive shark?

Don't guess they are here in the Gulf at all......

hb

[Capt. DQ]

Harry, yes they are in the Gulf also. I have seen one at South Pass, LA just outside the mouth feeding.

DQ

[Bob H.]

Harry, Threshers use their tails to whip and stun their prey, another nickname whiptail, like flickin a wet towel, not as fast as a mako but plenty of power, that explains the thick base of tail, small mouths used to feed on smaller schooling fish like bunker, like JP said close to shore following the migrating schools, no blue dogs there, very heavy fish too, I saw a 585lbr at the Oaks Bluff Tourney, that was a BIG fish.BH