Late Season Halibut Limit + Battle with a Thresher Shark (Kayak Fishing SF Bay)

[@nmolinaro62]

WTG, Matt. "It's a good day . . ." Yep, I'd say so.

[@TimLPINE]

Dang Matt! Nice job again! Very fun to see!

[@seanholzwarth8512]

Great video

[@NickFish007]

Matt you're a straight killer! What a year you've had.. That thresher fight was so cool!

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

Thanks nick! Hope to see you out there soon man

[@fishinonthebay]

Solid limit. Good ol hydro flask finishing the job. Great episode bud. You've had a great season so far!🤙

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

Appreciate that! Yup hydro flask always getting the job done!

[@Fishing247]

You were on 🔥🔥🔥. Awesome day of fishing. Could not believe you still caught nice butts during this time. The shark gave you a great fight. Safe fishing.

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

Right?! Seems pretty late to be catching these fish, guess it’s because we haven’t had any rain 🤷‍♂️

[@shotgunaaron]

That launch looked a little sketchy, but you made it! Nice halibut limit, thanks for posting.

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

Haha right!! No problem!

[@deniseockey6204]

Where isthat boat launch. It looked like it was a smooth place to launch. Nice halibut!!!!

[@DieHardFishing]

Nice limit!!!! Your drag got a workout in this vid lol

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

Yeah the drag definitely got put to the test!

[@rastavibes1000]

Good s#% Matt. You still on 🔥🔥🔥

[@familyfishkiller1062]

good job

[@eksblenny]

Just my opinion, I think thresher fights harder and tastes better. Wish you caught that one!

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

You prefer thresher meat over WSB meat? Last thresher I caught tasted similar to swordfish, I’ve heard WSB tastes like crab/lobster!

[@eksblenny]

@@KayakFishingwithMatt I agree on thresher tasting like swordfish. I do NOT agree with WSB tasting like crab or lobster. WSB to me is almost indistinguishable from striper. It's pretty dense and chewy. It actually tastes a bit sweet when raw, which I like, but that goes away once you cook it =( I would say cab or ling tastes much more like crab or lobster.

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

@@eksblenny gotcha, that’s a bummer because I’m not a fan of striper but I guess I’ll just have to try it for myself one day. I think vermillion tastes and has texture most similar to crab/lobster out of the fish I’ve tried so far. Honestly, I would have probably released the thresher, it’s just so much meat and an endeavor to clean 😂

[@yaady2366]

@@KayakFishingwithMatt i hooked one thresher salmon trolling last year, all i saw was the tail and he dove, i made the mistake of buttoning down my avet just a hair and my leader snapped :( i think it rubbed on his cheek and broke when i added tension. NEVER TOUCH THE DAMN DRAG

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Nice dude. 🐡on

[@tamalpias]

Halibut still biting this late in the season?

[@jeremiahcleve1]

Nice .. where did you launch from?

[@deniseockey6204]

That is my question as well?

[@pernamore4224]

ARW?

[@johncoon3132]

Hey man what is the number to the right of the fishes length?

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

Hey it’s how many pounds it weighed. Thanks!

[@johncoon3132]

@@KayakFishingwithMatt Yeah I kind of figured that out right after I sent that text. What rod were you using rod 1 or rod 2? Thanks for answering my questions.

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

@@johncoon3132 the white rod is rod #1. No worries man, tight lines!!

[@deniseockey6204]

What was your set up? What did you blink him with?

[@KayakFishingwithMatt]

I was using a love anchovy on a circle hook with a basic fish finder rig and a 4 oz weight