Leopard on the yak! 1/24

After h00kie had so much fun with his sturgeon I decided to follow him around. The first day we got stuck in the dreaded rush hour traffic. What was supposed to be a 30 minutes ride turned into an hour and change.


We sat on the water for 3 hours and I had to leave. And wouldn't you know it, the leopards move in.

The second day we got there pretty fast but just as I was getting ready to launch I got a call form my son's school and the boy was sick. I had to go back and get him.

So what did they say about the third time?

I brought out the old bass bait caster with the mighty Calcutta, going light!   


Well, unlike h00kie I was after anything that bit and bite they did! Bendo on the shimano compre! 


The leopards didn't take long to home in on the squid


After a dozen or so of these my body was aching. Not from fighting the fish but from trying to remove the hooks!    


I need a hot shower!   

Very nice shark! Congrats on it.

Nice.

I've never kept a leopard. Don't know why, I hear they're good eating.

Woulda been funner in the float tube!   

Way to go!

Woulda been funner in the float tube!   

Way to go!

Yea, right! Sharks from a float tube.....

littoral, I have not kept one either. I don't think I want to keep a fish that feeds so heavily inside the bay. And that includes sturgeons. But that's just me.

nice leapords it doesn't matter what fish is on the other line as long as they put up a good fight! 
                 

Leopards are a lot of fun to catch but I generally don't eat anything that has "soak it in milk overnight" as part of the recipe.

Ha! That's awesome Jamie. A dozen sharks from the yak sounds like a workout. Thanks for the report+pics.

Ha! That's awesome Jamie. A dozen sharks from the yak sounds like a workout. Thanks for the report+pics.

The workout part was the hook removal. Next time I will go with even lighter gear and barbless hooks....

That must have been lots of fun catching the shark on light tackle.

Jedmo

Looks like you had a good day, pretty fish.   

When I target leopards I use wide gap rubber worm hooks with the barbs smashed flat. these hooks are pretty thin but strong, they come out easy and if not they're easy to cut with a pair of wire cutters.


Dale L

Nice going, Compa! I really admire the beauty of this creature... hard fighters too. I wonder how light you went on your tackle. I catch them over at SLeandro channel on 15# mono and its a blast.

Beautiful fish!  Thanks for sharing the adventure and great pics.   

Nice going, Compa! I really admire the beauty of this creature... hard fighters too. I wonder how light you went on your tackle. I catch them over at SLeandro channel on 15# mono and its a blast.

I had 20 lb braid main line and 30 lb mono top shot. The shimano compre is a bass rod and it's medium heavy. It needs to be that heavy in order to cast 3 oz to 4 oz weights.

I will be trying to get away with 1 to 2 oz weight next time and bring a lighter rod with the same braid line, but without the top shot.

....and on a KAYAK?! WTHeck!?  Nice to see you into the madness bro!  thanks for sharing it with us.