Report submitted by 'Oz'

PINS Super King Mackerel Kayaking Report Padre Island National Seashore, TX July 18-19th, 2008 Tweet

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My brother, Kyle, and I rocked down the beach to do some beach/kayak fishing while Scott, Skipjack, and Dwade would later show up to take advantage of the conditions. Got down Thurs night and ran baits.. small sharks.. yaddie yaddie yada. Friday morning my brother and I hit the kayaks as Kyle tore up the Trout from the surf.

We get out a ways and see some activity. We rig up and troll around for a while. Brother Tibs gets hooked up on light tackle.

I would soon hook up to a good fish thinking it was a shark it ends up being a fat 53", 40lb Cobia

Soon after my brother would land the first King of the trip...

I would soon follow with a decent King...

Then almost immediately get another King...

We get back to the beach after nailing several other fish and see Kyle is still hammering the Trout

The next morning Skipjack would be the first to get out and would soon get his first King...

Not long and he already has his 2nd King Mac before even got out there to join him! This one going 49"

About an hour after we get out I'd start knocking out the Kings.... here is my first for the day...

Soon get my 2nd of the day...

We would stay out there for a while as the wind would pick up. We would continue to nail other fish and then I go back to trolling and hang something big. Thinking it were a shark at first, I finally get it under the boat to see it is a smoker King! After a bit I finally get him in.

It ends up being a 55" King Mackerel... my largest from the yak and maybe largest period.

40lbs of Mercury!

Kyle and my brother who were occupied with other fish, decide to head back in. Skippy and I stay out. After landing the grander I get back to it and nail and release another King...

Skipjack soon lands and releases another King of his own...

We too get tired from all the fun and head back in. Dwade finally shows up and takes a quick pic of my limit of Kings...

We pack up and head off the beach before the mosquitos came out. We hadn't heard much from Dwade so thinking perhaps they were eaten by the bugs. Overall shark fishing was slow, but the kayak fishing was a blast like usual. Should be back out after the storm next week.

- Oz

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