What the heck was that??

[Shad_Master]

Last week I was fishing using braided line with a 3' Flourocarbon leader.  I felt a tug and my line immediately went slack.  I reeled in and found that my leader know was still there and about 1/16" of leader.  There are known to be Northerns in this lake.  Is it likely that a Northern actually bit off 3' of leader line?  Or is there some other possible explanation?

[slonezp]

Probably had a nick in your line. The tug was enough to break it at the damaged area.

[J Francho]

Pike sometimes bite lightly, literally slurping resting jigs and plastics, and often its the facial scales that wear out the line, not the teeth.  It you were using a contact bait in rocks, perhaps there was some abrasion, as mentioned above.

[Boogey Man]

Where I fish there are a lot of muskies. I've had the same thing happen a few times, feel a hit and reel back nothing but line.

[Shad_Master]

I don't think there are any muskies in this lake, but as I said, there are northerns.  I was just surprised that so much of the leader, a full three feet, disapeared all at once.  It could have been a nick in the line, but I was fishing old pad stems, not rocks.  Just wierd.