Packed up and headed for the pig at first light. Made it to paradise and told the wife that I forgot to grab her net but that it should be fine. After a few hours i used my downrigger as an achor and set up a couple of dead sticks. Had a few marks come up and look and finally had something hit. Fought him for about five minutes. I'd get him to the surface and he'd rip drag all the way back down to the bottom. Finally got him to the side of my kayak. Grabbed his gill plate with one hand and set the rod down to remove my hook. He thrashed and not wanting to hurt the fish I loosened my grip and he slipped away and darted for the bottom. Line got caught on the pole while i tried to pick it back up and he broke me off. He was 30-36" long and every ounce of ten pounds if not more.
Still no koke schools. Talked with another boater and he said they caught one fish in five hours.
Still no koke schools. Talked with another boater and he said they caught one fish in five hours.