Super User SirSnookalot Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 Was offshore this morning, caught a few kings. I get slammed on a sardine and almost as fast as I could blink my eyes over 300 yds of 30# braid flew off my spinning reel, soron 70 with 30# of drag. I cranked the drag as tight as it would go and still could not even slow this thing down. Finally my 60# leader snaps, it's gone. Wasn't a sailfish or wahoo, it didn't surface, my reel would stop any king, too fast for a shark. My guess a nuclear powered submarine. Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 How far off were you? Sounds like a mako! They are fast! If fishing around an oil rig...Big AJ? Could be a million things! LOL Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted February 5, 2011 Author Super User Posted February 5, 2011 129 feet of water, no oil rigs. Amberjacks fight different, may have been a very large cobia, they are running now. This cobia ran 61# and brought it in on a party boat with a fresh water spinning reel and rod, but I was 30 at the time, lol. Quote
Super User South FLA Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 I've caught a BIG Wahoo (about 100lbs) that did not surface in Walker's Cay. So you can't count them out. Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 You got schooled on a smoker king. No doubt about it. Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 Sounds a lot like a big king, wahoo, or an AJ. 30 pounds of drag aint necessarily going to stop a large critter. I've had my 80 wide trolling reels smoked by big kings and wahoo over in Bimini. Could just as easily been a shark. Thats one of the reasons why I still love saltwater fishing, you never know what may come along in the spread and start to nibble. Quote
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