Preparing to fish the 16/0

[Tiddlerbasher]

Photos Mike - photos

[biggiesmalls]

^^^

Gotta see some pics of this beast!

[The Great Maudu]

Last night at 10:45 pm the clicker on the big 16/0 started singing the song every shark fisher loves to hear. I picked up the rod as he was making his initial run with the 10 lbs. Bonita in his mouth. Once he stopped I began to slowly take up slack until I felt resistance. I tightened the drag a little and swung the rod up and back 3 times as I walked backwards to set the hooks. I cranked in more line and then he realized he was hooked. He swam off under nearly full lock down and a young boy with a water bottle began pouring water on the drag housing to help cool it down. A little after midnight I was able to get him in close to the pier and bring the swivel up for Brent to get his leash on him. Here's a YouTube link to see some of the action.

[Gfish]

COOL!!!

[alantani]

great video!!!!

[Tightlines667]

Now that's what you were looking for!  

Congratulations to whoever that was!

I'll admit I cringed when I saw the drag getting tightened during a run.  This is the number one way to lose a fish.  Looks like the drag was nice and smooth though.

John

[mo65]

Love it!!

[The Great Maudu]

I was confident I would be ok tightening up the drag a little it was smooth as butter as you would expect after Shark Hunter worked his magic. There was no jerkiness or stickiness. Just smooth and powerful.

[bhale1]

Wow!!! Awesome, good job!
Brett

[oc1]

Love the second-to-the-last photo.  Suitable for framing.
-steve

[MarkT]

Great video!

[jason_purdy]

Congrats! You put in the time and preparation, and it definitely paid off

-Jason

[54bullseye]

Mike great clip !!!!!  You deserved it with all your prep work !!! Glad for you !   John Taylor

[Alto Mare]

Cool video Mike!

[swill88]

Just wow!

Love the white handle.

Steve