decided to do a little kayak sharkin yesterday. Put in a Copahee and paddled out close to the inlet in search of bonnets and maybe a spinner.
Wind was a beast and the water looked like chocolate milk.
Managed a stingray, a decent bonnethead, and then got freight trained by something bigger than the bonnet. It took one run, I turned it and regained about 50 yards of line, then it turned again. On the second run it spooled my 4000 Penn Battle in about 6 seconds and POP GOES THE LEADER.
Here’s the highlight vid of the bonnet.
http://youtu.be/8l490rUE-eI
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Bummer, it would have been nice to at least see what it was. How do you like your Battle? I am getting one in the next week or so. Don’t really need one but I was offered a great deal so I thought I would try one. Was wavering between a 3000 and 4000 but think I will go with the 4000.
I really like the Battle. I have a Battle, Sargus, and a Fierce all 4000 series. All 3 are built on the same frame and each one is what I’d call a “best buy” in their respective price points. Each increase in price gives you an additional bearing and drag performance improvement.
I wrote an article comparing several different spinning reels under $100 for one of the “big” kayak magazines. I guess it’s still sitting on a shelf, because I haven’t seen it in print.
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Cool video Too Busy…looks like that shark tried to turn and bite your A$$ as you released him…LOL…close call!!!
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2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)
Yeah Bugs, she was nice and calm until I took the hook out and got ready for a gentle release, The toss wasn’t pretty… just effective.
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