It
was a full boat today, Scott and the three young lads Davis, Drew and Braxton
were onboard for a day of pulling on the sharks. I had an idea of how the day
was going to go when one of the first things they asked me was what the boat
record was for the most number of landed Spinner Sharks in a day. The number is
11 and has occurred twice, once by a single angler and then also with a group
of 3 anglers. It’s great to see anglers who are really excited about the day
and they had their sights firmly set on trying to beat the record. After
catching some fresh bait it was time to enter the Shark Zone. Davis was up
first on the rod. Soon enough he was hooked up and off to the races. It was a
typical first Spinner Shark experience. I tell all my anglers who are fishing
for these Spinner Sharks for the first time to be prepared for a bit of a shock
as to how athletic these sharks are and how hard they fight for their size. All
these guys have caught big fish in the past so they are not new to the game but
had to admit that these sharks are formidable adversaries. The good news is
that with shark number two and three it gets easier and easier as you figure
out how they are going to behave and how and when to pull on them. After much
huffing and puffing the first shark of the trip was landed and released. Next
was Drew, he too quickly developed a respect for these fish’s fighting ability.
Drew persisted and boated his first shark too. Next was Braxton. This is when
Murphy decided to show up. This happens quite often when everything that can go
wrong seems to go wrong to the same person. First fish Braxton hooked was a
jumper and three jumps in the wire broke. Next fish was a jumper too with the same
result. Third fish the hook bent out and so it went on, Sharks 5, Braxton 0.
None of these lost fish were a direct result of anything Braxton did, he did
everything correct, just bad luck. Scott took the rod in an attempt to break the
streak of Braxtonitis. Scott’s fish was a nice big one but right at the boat
made last minute run under the boat and found the trim tab to rub the line
against. The trim tab always wins that battle. We had touched the leader just
before that so Murphy had to move over a little bit as it was a caught but not
landed fish. Davis and Drew then landed another fish each and gave the rod to their
friend to see if his Braxtonitis condition was still affecting him. This time
Braxton hooked by far the toughest fighting fish of the day and it took a tag
team effort with Davis to land it. Scott finished the day off with a nice big
shark to the boat. The tally was 7 landed and more than that hooked up and
lost. The boat record is still intact but a very respectable run at the record
was waged.
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