Kayak fishing for Tope South West Wales 2019 (Wrestling with a shark)

A nice kayak fishing trip on my Stealth Profisha 525. Launching from Manorbier and fishing for Tope between Lydstep and Caldey Island.
Ending up wrestling with the Tope to untangle it from my anchor line. A great day and looking forward to more.

[@Rex-the-T6]

Very nice tope

[@hprobe23]

Thank you Dean, can't beat the scraps they give.

[@stephenjackson1828]

Great vid mate!

[@hprobe23]

Thank you Stephen, hopefully get a few more up this year.

[@martinebbatson5462]

Nice Tope well done :)

[@hprobe23]

Thank you very much Martin. Hope to get a few more this year.

[@BRISTOLDNB]

Really enjoyed that video. Whats the tide run off here like? Assuming its fine to anchor or drift? Many thanks.

[@hprobe23]

Thank you, yeah the tide is fine here for both anchoring and drifting. Although I anchor for the tope, it is possible to drift the ledge it wouldn't take long to cover it.

[@MeMe-dw1sm]

Hey man great vid, can I ask did you use whole mackerel and how'd you present on the hook? Cheers

[@hprobe23]

Thank you for you comment on the vid. On this trip I didn't manage to catch any mackerel but did get some pollock. I used a whole dead one with the 10/0 circle hook pushed through it's lower and upper jaw with the point above the top of the jaw. Good solid bait so dogfish don't destroy it before the tope get them