Coffee and a fag, lights of Waikanae in the back ground

 

Once on the spot, the sounder went nuts, lit up like a christmas tree with sign. First drop resulted in a quad hook, the next hour went off, tangeled lines, lost terminal gear and a rod over board. Lucky Jigkids asist caught the Wizards fuel line and he was able to haul it back - reel needs a service now aey ..... Its on my desk in a mllion pieces but I just ran out of Heinekin m8

Jigkid and The Wizard in action 

 

Once the action died, we went wide in search of an albie, tik or puka, we didnt really care which. Met up with Torcea 20k out, the usual flow of xos tiks went in the bin. 

 

The seaward side of Kapiti Island 

 

When the bite slowed, I looked up just in time to see Torcea launch off his waka like a torpedo, after his rod that had just ben wrenched out of his hand by what turned out to be a 60kg pluss 4m thresher. He surfaced with it in hand, shark still attached so we belted over to assit him.  Marvellous catch that, got em got em sprang to mind. The shark eventually pulled the hook, but not before we all had a god look 

Another reel that needs a service. No albies but what a day of chaos

The Wizard has more photos, look forward to seeing them.

Claud giving the shark death, Torcea had to catch his breath

Torcea back in his waka putting the slipper in