Mystery 3 hr fight question.
So we were up in Boca Grande Pass yesterday with 50lb main line and 60lb leader. One rod was using a big pinfish and my rod had on a green back. Dropped it down to the bottom and was hooked up immediately. Hook pulled after 20-30min. Next Allen dropped down and hooked up on the pin fish. Same thing, after 30 min or so hook pulled. Then again I dropped down and hooked up on another green back. Allen dropped down and also hooked up. He pulled the hook after about 30 min or so. I stayed hooked up for over 3 hours until my main line broke at a fray in the line.
The fight was intense. On all 4 hookups the fish hit the bait and immediately ran. It would stop and nose in to the current. We were able to get out in front with the boat and gain line on it. Every time it got to where it could hear the boat it would take off again. Big runs for about 3 hours. Any guesses on what it could be? Didn't fight like any goliath or shark I've ever caught, and the bait was so small, especially my greenie that I have a hard time picturing a big shark or goliath hitting it and it also didn't fight like any big ray I've ever caught. We were able to get it off the bottom and the runs were definitely mid water column.
The fight was intense. On all 4 hookups the fish hit the bait and immediately ran. It would stop and nose in to the current. We were able to get out in front with the boat and gain line on it. Every time it got to where it could hear the boat it would take off again. Big runs for about 3 hours. Any guesses on what it could be? Didn't fight like any goliath or shark I've ever caught, and the bait was so small, especially my greenie that I have a hard time picturing a big shark or goliath hitting it and it also didn't fight like any big ray I've ever caught. We were able to get it off the bottom and the runs were definitely mid water column.
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Captain Keith Magnussen - Crooked Rod Charters
Can't tell you how many times I have watched someone fight bottom in the pass... I bet it went on a screaming run every time you took the boat out of gear.....hahaha
Probably was a giant sailcat. Lol, or a giant sea unicorn!
The tail kicks and head shakes were likely because you were stuck on something that had a little give even though it was stuck solid on the bottom. Possibly a rope, another rig, etc.
The only thing in the pass with that much endurance is the bottom. Even a jumbo jew fish would have given up on that type of tackle with any significant pressure.
Captain Keith Magnussen - Crooked Rod Charters
This is what happened. I snapped some rods one of my first times there. I swore I was hooked up.
Good luck sleeping at night, lol...
One day I had the exact same thing happen to me . I was fishing a wreck in the keys in 240' of water . I tied into something BIG !! I could not figure out what it was ? I felt some head shakes and had to follow it with the boat . Every time that I got over it , I could not get it to budge upward at all . My first thought was big grouper , than big shark . After an hour or so , I just wanted to see what the hell I tied into . We kept chasing , I was on the bow and getting very tired . I didn't want to break it off , I just wanted to see it . We started approaching the Blue Water (Gulf Stream) . When I saw the stream , I said out loud to the rest of the boat . If this was a shark , he would already have worn thru the leader . I was using 65lb braid and a 80lb flouro leader . Than I said out loud , I have to whip this fish before he hits the stream and gains 4 knots of current and all that oxygen . I was fearing it would get stronger as I was getting weaker ! I put the heat to him probably 100 yards from the Purple water . I was able to turn the BEAST !
Turned out to be a reef shark , that was not much bigger than 4 feet !! I should have **** him in 10 minutes max ! He was hooked in the corner of the mouth (circle hook) and somehow the leader was under the bottom side and caught on it anal fin . That is the reason why I could not lift it ! No leverage to my advantage . Well at least I got to see him . Was very disappointed ! You might have had something similar . You will never know :shrug
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