The time is right are the sharks are really starting to move into San Diego. Kory and I decided to head out to find a few finned creatures. The surface temps ranged from 64 to 66 degrees with plenty of life. We dropped the chum and started our first drift of the day. We had birds, seals, dolphins and even a pod of whales but no sharks to the boat. We then decided to advance our slick and move into deep water and still not a shark to the boat. Then we pulled the chum and made a 5 mile run up the bank to even deeper and cooler water. We dropped the chum again and started to wait, again. Right as we had just about give up and dumped the bucket a shark shows up. It was a 100 pound mako chewing on the chum we had just dropped. I positioned the boat to make a cast. On the first cast he was all over the fly but didn’t eat. The very next cast he turned on the fly as soon as it hit the water, I stripped the fly once and it was game on. A couple of good strip sets and hook sets it was shark on. He went to airborne a few times then went deep. I put the wood to her because there was another shark in our chum. I got her in quick as possible and Kory was able to get her off the hook. Now it was Kory’s shot for the blue. We had to tease the blue up a few time before she wanted to eat. Kory set the hook and gave the blue all she could handle. Kory brought her next to the boat and I was able to release her safely to end the day. Just goes to show why you always keep an eye out, even as you leave.
Deep Color
Pain Face
Blue to the surface