What a fun time. On day 1 we had a thresher to the boat an hour after lines in. Looked like it could possibly make the weight(kinda hard to get a measurement on a live shark trying to smack you in the head), so we stuck it. Turns out chart said it would probably be 175#(250 would qualify), and although it seemed very fat decided not to weigh it in, but eat it. Day 2 we hook up at 10 and after a 3hr fight bring in a 330 thresher. for a fairly inexperienced crew, everything went super smooth at the boat. I believe that shark put us in 6th, 5pounds out of the prizes:smash:RJ Amorroso did a great job on the rod for us. Pulling into Oak Bluffs with that shark was an unbelievable experience.

The 330, trying to resize a diff picture

Did you catch it on a striper head?

Very nice, sounds like a great couple of days, congrats on having a fish to enter.

Nice work Tony. Idling around to weigh a fish in with that crowd is a great experience. Chunk or live blue?

Little one chunk, big one livie

Way to go Tony. That is a nice fish. Fun to pull in to the masses with a weighable fish.

Nice fish. Congrats!

Nice fish Tony

Tony's thresher. Posting the pic for him.

I was there with the kids and was amazed at the crowds . . .

We saw one boat, the Lady K, with a small mako on the swim platform and I questioned whether it would make the weight . . . heard later that it did not - but I'm sure it made Good Eats

The protesters were funny "What men will do to stroke their ego" or something like that :fishslap:

The same guy had a tramp stamp "evolve" tatooed on his back :rotf3:

We saw one boat, the Lady K, with a small mako on the swim platform and I questioned whether it would make the weight . . . heard later that it did not - but I'm sure it made Good Eats

After cooking in the sun? :rollem:

nice fish. Thresher, my favorite shark to eat.

That sounds like a good time Tony
too bad you were a few pounds short of the money.
Get one next time.

Congrats on that fish RJ and crew.

Nice!You guys rock,Tony.:cheers:

Tony,
Guess what my wife made me for dinner tonight !!! :wave:

I got home from work tonight, opened the door to my garage and it reaked !!! :hihi:

Nice Fish T, and thanks for sharing the steaks with me.

Anyone have suggestions on how to cook a Thresher? It's going on the grill tonight!

Awesome...

Sweet

Nice Fish T, and thanks for sharing the steaks with me.

Anyone have suggestions on how to cook a Thresher? It's going on the grill tonight!

Grill it like mako or swordfish :huh:

nice job T.O. hell of an all around fisherman..
Used to fish on a boat that did Snug and Oak Bluffs every year. lots of fun. glad when they got rid of bluesharks though; made me sad to see em wasted!

Nice Fish T, and thanks for sharing the steaks with me.

Anyone have suggestions on how to cook a Thresher? It's going on the grill tonight!

I figured you would just eat the thing raw like George the Animal eating a turnbuckle.
WTF has gotten into you anyways? First its cooked fish, next its gonna be trail mix.

Tony, well done my friend!...And thanks for those thresher steaks...had a few buds over the next day and they got rave reviews off the grill. (it is similar to swordfish but a milder flavor and texture) Everything was consumed .

Glad the weather was half way decent this year. (IMO that is the worst part of big boat tourneys, you are forced to fish on bad weather days)

Next year you will be in the money.

that must have been pretty cool...nice job Tony

nice job Tony

I figured you would just eat the thing raw like George the Animal eating a turnbuckle.
WTF has gotten into you anyways? First its cooked fish, next its gonna be trail mix.


I've sanded all the woodwork in the new house with the skin, my dog and I have split the small pieces for sushi. Not bad, actually, though I think it will be better grilled. Grill is fired up now. Gonna go simple.. Little mayo and pepper and some flames...

George the Animal.... LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Holy s*** this stuff is good on the grill.........

congrats on the beast

Nice Thresher Tony, must have been a great weekend.

Tony.Job well done.