June 26th Thresher report - Johnny Bucktails - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

Johnny Bucktails · #1 06-27-2014, 03:26 PM

Headed out at 8am with the lip and Matt for a sharking trip. Got some bait and we were off. I set up on the first drift and put the gear out. We were half way through the first chum bag and zzzzzzzzzzzz.... Set the hook and he jumped 10 feet out of the water. Never seen anything like that before. The thought of being attached to that beast is a great feeling. Switched on and off with dad for most of the hour long fight. Brought him to the side of the boat and almost crapped my pants. When we thought he was tired enough matt stuck him with the fly gaff and he went ballistic. I almost got decapitated a few times. These fish are no joke. It took over 30 minutes for him to fully bleed out and then another 30 - 45 just to get him in the boat. All 3 of us could barley get him in. This was the first one Dad and i have ever caught but we knew he was a monster when he pushed the scale at twin lights to 233.5 pounds. Im 6'4 and the tail was taller than me. Put up one hell of a fight and definitely one i will never forget. Fought harder than any fluke i've caught ahahaha.

tight lines - Johnny Bucktails