Monster At Clifton

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I went down to Clifton Gardens last week at night with a mate. We were just packing up with one rod left in the water with a pillie on a single hook. The rod bends and the 20lb line starts peeling. Both of us tried to get line back. Pump and wind, pump and wind, but nothing worked. After a few mins the 240yard spool was empty and the line snapped at the swivel. Whatever it was , it just kept running and couldn't turn it.

[A.dawg]

Big ray or shark

[steze]

yea most likely a big ray or shark. Id have to agree

[Penguin]

I went down to Clifton Gardens last week at night with a mate. We were just packing up with one rod left in the water with a pillie on a single hook. The rod bends and the 20lb line starts peeling. Both of us tried to get line back. Pump and wind, pump and wind, but nothing worked. After a few mins the 240yard spool was empty and the line snapped at the swivel. Whatever it was , it just kept running and couldn't turn it.

Mate im confused as to how you know that the line snapped at the swivel if you got spooled

If I have b^llsed up on how I have read your report, pls 4give me.

cheers

[dpinta]

Mate im confused as to how you know that the line snapped at the swivel if you got spooled

If I have b^llsed up on how I have read your report, pls 4give me.

cheers

I am assuming his spool was empty and when he finally went tight with no drag/line left the fish snapped off. He probably recovered all his line to the swivel,

[Penguin]

I am assuming his spool was empty and when he finally went tight with no drag/line left the fish snapped off. He probably recovered all his line to the swivel,

That could be the caes it would seem..

cheers

[zen801]

This time of year most likely a shark.

I lost a big jew in MH once to a 100lb swivel snapping.

I had his first run turned and was struggling to bring him back when on his second run he got me wrapped on a mooring.

I had him on for awhile stuck down deeo at 70ft when i decided to try and just pull him up. I got him close to the top when it snapped. My 55lb braid was worn and the mono held (assume) but all i got back was the braid to the end of the swivel circle.

First and only time that has happenned as now dont endlessly recycle swivels. It was old and stuffed but i held pretty good.

Mike

[craigtempo]

I was down there on sunday and o got 1 hook up on 6lb gear and i had NO CONTROL on the fish it went out then turned and went straight under the wharf .= lost fish

an hour later on the 20lb gear , the same thing happenned but this time it went straight out .again i had no control i was mearly hanging on . the leader snapped a foot ish up from the hook ........ another daiwa tournament fluro leader snap for me . so i through it all in the rubbish where it belongs .

this was all on chicken strips.

so i know how u feel .

craig

[PPSGT]

Not that I've every caught a king on chicken, but the rats really seem to like it.

I lost three last time i went while fishing for yakkas on unweighted chicken on as size 12 hook

4lb line didnt last long, but just long enough to cut into my fingers before it snapped like a rifle shot.

The long run described does sound like a ray (especially if you bait was close to the bottom)-

it probably didnt even know it was hooked, I be suprised if a king with 200 metres of line wouldnt be able to find something to wrap it around

and if your drag was at 1/3 of 20lbs it wouldnt have stamina to pull 200+ metres in one run

a shark would bite through or cut the line through on its skin when you put pressure on it, but a ray will quite happily

pull you around until it gets bored then sucks itself to the bottom and goes to sleep

Jason

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Penguin. After it snapped off I got all my line back. I thought it may have been a ray but it didn't suck into the sand. Better luck next time I reckon.