I'll never know.....something hit the jig at the just off the bottom in 50m....ran along the bottom to the edge of a 300m dropoff.....went straight down and busted me off taking 100m of 50lb braid with it............put a new twist on my day.....got a bigger gun now Coral sea carnage
I had an experience once at Devils Gorge (LBG east Coast Style) 3 of us dropped frigate mackeral pinned on 24k into the drink inside of 2 mins 2 got spooled one decided to lock up when he saw what happened to us , he ripped so much skin off his bum and legs getting dragged across the rocks, jumbo fin in the 75-100 class feeding like sambo's . awesome
Some people hate getting busted up but i quite like it!........lets you know that fishing is still fishing and makes you think about what you could have done better, what you might have done wrong and makes for a better fisherman. Ive been done many times before as has everyone but all mine were 35kg plus dhuies so i dont mind to much ;) I WISH!lol.
Probably a dogtooth tuna from the way it blitzed me.....It's a strange feeling of being helpless when that happens.....I was using a Tiburon 7540 and an Okuma Long Jig 24+ rod & 50lb spiderwire.....I had preset the drag at 8 kilos and by the end of the run had bumped it up a bit further....made no difference...I think this fish pulled string faster the longer I was connected to it. I agree with you Spess....if they were all easy, we probably wouldn't do it. This is one caught later that performed much the same, but wasn't as lucky.....
jay_burgess
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what was on the end of the
what was on the end of the line?
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seansurfy
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I'll never
I'll never know.....something hit the jig at the just off the bottom in 50m....ran along the bottom to the edge of a 300m dropoff.....went straight down and busted me off taking 100m of 50lb braid with it............put a new twist on my day.....got a bigger gun now
Coral sea carnage
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Dogtooth? -----------------
Dogtooth?
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Bill
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That rods got a nice bend to
That rods got a nice bend to it what is it
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot
Goatch
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Sweeetttt
gotta love gettin smoked , means you aint the king of the bommie hehehe and theres a reason to come back to prove a point to that piscatorial hoodlum
Just one more cast , honest !!!
Goatch
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Smoken
I had an experience once at Devils Gorge (LBG east Coast Style) 3 of us dropped frigate mackeral pinned on 24k into the drink inside of 2 mins 2 got spooled one decided to lock up when he saw what happened to us , he ripped so much skin off his bum and legs getting dragged across the rocks, jumbo fin in the 75-100 class feeding like sambo's . awesome
Just one more cast , honest !!!
SPESS
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Date Joined: 29/12/06
Some people hate getting
Some people hate getting busted up but i quite like it!........lets you know that fishing is still fishing and makes you think about what you could have done better, what you might have done wrong and makes for a better fisherman. Ive been done many times before as has everyone but all mine were 35kg plus dhuies so i dont mind to much ;) I WISH!lol.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
seansurfy
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Dogtooth
seansurfy
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Date Joined: 09/08/06
Coral sea carnage