It takes a huge set of balls to paddle out in a kayak and fish for salmon sharks that are up to 9′ long and weigh anywhere from 400 to 1000 lbs. These four crazy bastards where on the Prince William Sound in Alaska near Hinchinbrook Island. Not only were they kayaking in freezing water but the freezing water was occupied by 200 to 300 salmon sharks busy turning salmon into lunch. I love fishing especially deep sea fishing where someone else drives the boat and you an drink beers all day. However there is no way I am ever going to fish for something that weighs more then the boat I am sitting in.
The sharks were concentrating on feeding on the Pink Salmon and I really don’t think they gave us a second thought.
“We slow trolled the bait behind the kayaks with the rods laying across our laps.
“Our biggest concerns were staying upright in the kayaks and keeping from getting tangled up in the gear and pulled over as well.
“There were so many sharks thrashing around us it was crazy. Even while fighting these fish, others were crashing the surface only feet away.”
