SUF

[Big Island Mike]

Stand-Up Fishing:  This is Dan Shoemaker who has been a friend since childhood. About two years ago I was preaching SUP to him at a reunion party in California, he went out the next day and bought a 12' Laird. He has been surfing it up, and getting into fishing off the coast of Cardiff and Mex. Here is some of the recent haul.

[chingbaby]

I was going to say he should watch out for sharks, but looks like he figured out what to do with them if they appear!

[chingbaby]

Btw, how does he keep his balance with a 4 foot shark fighting on the line?

[Shoe]

Hey,

I am Mike's friend - the guy in the picture.  First, I would like to thank Mike for getting me into this awesome sport. 
I just bought my third board and I usually get out in the water 3-4 days a week. 

Regarding the balance question - I usually sit down after hooking up with a big fish and let them pull me around while they tire themselves out. The hardest part is actually getting back to the beach through the shore break with a big fish between your feet.

Cheers,

Dan

[Byronmaui]

Shoe,

what kind of pole setup and bait do you use? Also do you do any trolling on the board?

Aloha

Byron

[chingbaby]

That's pretty sweet!  You gotta figure out a way to time it so a fish pulls you so you can catch a wave!

[stoneaxe]

Nice fish!

I'm interested in what you've seen with trolling too. So far I've been skunked when trying it. I usually go upwind or current and drift back over where I want to fish or look for a frenzy and cast into it. I've caught lots of bluefish and some stripers but nothing really big yet.

Looks like you use pretty much the same setup I do. My crate is bungeed to the board though. You have leash plugs in there?

[Big Island Mike]

I saw a website somewhere    where they were selling this crate system for SUP fising, looks like friends of Dan in San Diego or there abouts.

[Yohan1973]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[Tom English]

Calvin Tom is great guy who started Boardfisher in Cardiff by the Sea, CA.

http://www.boardfisher.com/
Aloha,
Tom English

[PonoBill]

Nice system. I still think it's easier to do inserts or stick-on than the edge clamps. I'll do some pictures of my whole system real soon now. It includes a good breakaway camera mount and a place to store a pack when I'm not fishing. It would make a good camping rig though I've never used it for that. Just PVC pipe and fittings.

[Shoe]

Calvin has a great website which sells all of the stuff that you need for SUF (boardfishers.com).  I prefer the stick~on plugs for attaching the basket over the edge clamps.  Other equipment that we have found useful for SUF are bait tubes and portable fish finders.  You can make a bait tube out of a 2 - 3 foot piece of PVC tube with caps that you drill holes in so the water can flow through while you paddle around - the bait stays in good shape for hours.  I have had good luck with the Humminbird PiranhaMax 215 Fish Finder which costs ~$100 bucks.

Dan

[SUPer Dave]

That was a female thresher....Probably ate real good....

[mik911]

YELLOWTAIL on a sup? Way to go, Dan!!
Thresher is cool too. Nice gamefish!

What bait/jigs and reels are you using?