Beach 8/17 topwater shark action

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

so loaded up the yak this mornin and ran down to my favorite strech of beach. i got there about 6.. light north wind water looked so-so. i started out chunkin a chart skitter walk. took four in the first hour.. kinda slow.. then nothing for the next hour or so.. then the bait activity started back up and i picked up two more 2lb trout like this one..


here's the weird part.. i chunked the skitterwalk to a large pile of very nervous bait. it landed on the outside edge of the bait ball, as i worked it into the center of the bait.. all the bait erupted and either a shark or a porpoise actually came up and inhaled my bait! i expected a strike but not this! it happened so fast and i was so stunned, i didnt get a good look.. my rod loaded and instantly cut off like a hot razor. whatever it was, it was large and in charge!(1/2 the size of my yak)

now, ive fished the beach for quite a while now and seen porpoises and sharks and even had them attack fish as i reel them in.. but i have never seen one attack and eat a topwater bait.. anyone else ever seen or heard of this..?

[specktator]

Jack Crevelle for sure! Happened to us last summer. The jacks showed up and were crushing our topwaters. We caught 3 or 4 of them. One of my buddies was throwing a jig. Threw it out, got spooled, respooled, threw it out again, and got spooled again.

[SKnox]

COOL!

[specktator]

Nice catch btw!

[meaux fishing]

if it broke off right away sounds like a shark. Pox said a couple of sharks blew up on his topwaters by venice the other day. If it was half the size of the yak that would be a huge jack

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

if it broke off right away sounds like a shark. Pox said a couple of sharks blew up on his topwaters by venice the other day. If it was half the size of the yak that would be a huge jack

yep exactly what im thinkin.. id hate to see that jack!!

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

ive had a blacktip hit my top water the other day in GI

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by specktator

Jack Crevelle for sure! Happened to us last summer. The jacks showed up and were crushing our topwaters. We caught 3 or 4 of them. One of my buddies was throwing a jig. Threw it out, got spooled, respooled, threw it out again, and got spooled again.

Originally Posted by specktator

Nice catch btw!

thanks.. yeah i wish it was jackss.. but this beast had a big dorsal fin

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

ive had a blacktip hit my top water the other day in GI

yeah im thinkin big shark.. i was just shocked lol

[FF_T_Warren]

I doubt it was a porpoise. I've never seen or heard of anyone ever catching a porpoise on anything, not even hooking one and losing it.

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren

I doubt it was a porpoise. I've never seen or heard of anyone ever catching a porpoise on anything, not even hooking one and losing it.

there was a pod of 3 or 4 porpoises really close the beach.. herding bait... really gettin after it.. i watched them for about 10 minutes.. thats why i thought .... maybe?

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren

I doubt it was a porpoise. I've never seen or heard of anyone ever catching a porpoise on anything, not even hooking one and losing it.

i caught a couple of porpoises on trout before.. took about 50yds of line in about 2 seconds

[mstulb]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

i caught a couple of porpoises on trout before.. took about 50yds of line in about 2 seconds

it is very very rare to get them to mistakingly eat a artificial, prob a jack or big shark. We fowl hooked one several years ago while trolling and could not stop him with a 80 wide.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by mstulb

it is very very rare to get them to mistakingly eat a artificial, prob a jack or big shark. We fowl hooked one several years ago while trolling and could not stop him with a 80 wide.

no i had a trout on my line and he ate the whole thing and took off it has happened to me more than once. in a school of trout with porpoises and they go for the ones on your line

[Hopedale Hustler]

i caught a porpoise on a catch 2000 once...it spooled me of course..

[I make oil]

That is a nice spec. What did it weigh? I was looking at the CCA score board last night and there are a lot of holes in it still. Especially in the Kayak division. I did not see any fish in the kayak division yet.

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by I make oil

That is a nice spec. What did it weigh? I was looking at the CCA score board last night and there are a lot of holes in it still. Especially in the Kayak division. I did not see any fish in the kayak division yet.

thanks. it was only 2 1/4lb on the boga.. im in the cca .. just hadnt checked the leaderboard.. guess i should huh? lol i led our division over here last year for about a month with a 5.. didnt figure i was even close..

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by longcast

Nice job bro. Gonna hit the lake today or tomorrow after work. U down.

sure thing bud.. jus shoot me a text when ur gettin ready.. i gota make a run to hackberry to call on my accounts .. but after that it should b all good.

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Nice bro,I love dat topwater action. Tie a steel leader next time and find out what it is.

lol thanks... ya next time.. steel leader, 250# braid on an international.. hook up n go skiing in my yak behind that beast!

[specktator]

Originally Posted by Jedi Lure Tricks

thanks. it was only 2 1/4lb on the boga.. im in the cca .. just hadnt checked the leaderboard.. guess i should huh? lol i led our division over here last year for about a month with a 5.. didnt figure i was even close..

i looked at it the other day. i dont think there was one trout registered in the kayak division.

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by specktator

i looked at it the other day. i dont think there was one trout registered in the kayak division.

that figures.. well i guess i'll weigh my biggest dink next time lol