Paradise Sat

It looked  like  it was going to  be  a  greatday.I met  acouple  of  NCKERs @  the  parking  lot(sorry Ive  forgotten names and  handles)I headed to the point on  the  southand  dropped ,there  was  lots  of bait  and soon I had a take  down,I set and  it  released.I was  using a lead head with a5 in trap as  a weight  on a 3 way  with shinner on hook and  stinger.What ever it  was shreaded the  fish trap leaving just  a remnant with a hook I re-geared  and tried  again,afted 15 mins I get a tap and I gently set and  my  rod  loads and  loads  so I make  a good  set   and the  fish  goes  on   agreat  run.Im thinking  holy sh@#$ this  guy  has  some  shoulders  15  min  later and  my  arms   burnig I take  my pliers   to  the   hook  and  release the  biggest  leopard  I  have  ever seen Im thinking 5 to6  feet,Icouldnt  lift him  to  take  a better  picture although I tried  many times.I got to tell you  he  was  so strong he  hit  me  acouple  times and  I  THOUGHT just let  him go :smt044I didnt  get into any halies but I had a great time,Gabe

Thanks for the report.  That's an amazing shark.

Martin

Damn man that is awesome!

nice shark gabe!

that happend to me one time except it was a big ass sevengill ,  was scared to grab it!.

Nice job Gabe!!!!!

Awesome shark!!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Sincerely,

Jim

Hell Andy ,I was  having this  guy  trying to  munch me  every time I tried to get  under  him and hegot  my respect,I figgured  a pic  is  better than  a bite :smt044Gabe

nice shark gabe, cameron

Nice catch!  Did you enjoy the sleigh ride?    Thanks for the report and picture Gabe.

That's a thick heavy looking shark Gabe! Bet that got your heart pumpin. 

Wish I could have made it down there but I had to build some WAF points. jim

Nice shark Gabe - thick and beautiful photo of the patterns under the water.

Halibut.....soon!

Nice try on the halie Gabe But the sleigh ride from the leopard shark I'm sure made up for it.

Jedmo

Hey Gabe,
That was Shannon and me in the lot.
Our report, we caught......






Nuttin,
two mangled baits was all we had.  I didn't feel too bad though a watchinig the several party boats in the area, I never saw them grab for a net.
Oh-well, maybe next Saturday as we are thinking of going back there. 

Cool shark pic, Gabe, and thanks for the report.   

Thats a beautiful shark.WTG

Thanx guys.The sleyride ride was  awesome, all 5 times,especially on my8 1/2 foot g loomis steelhead rod with a 201 calcutta