squidjigga Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 I was fishing today with a mate in some deep water and one of our hooks came back looking like this... Any ideas on what could have mangled the hook so badly? We were on to some big bream on our other rods right before it happened but I can't imagine a bream bite causing that damage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRaymondSnapper Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Only if the bream was over a metre long. The only hook mangling monsters that I can think of in the Hawkesbury would be sharks or propellers. Even big Jews would be unlikely to inflict that much damage to a big hook like that. Did you see or feel the bite or did you just find it like that when you retrieved it ? What hook size is that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 If you were over any reef it could be a Port Jackson shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Used to get some big puffer fish in there years ago . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRaymondSnapper Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 How about a big Leatherjacket ? I caught some massive ones there a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Green toads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 9 hours ago, squidjigga said: I was fishing today with a mate in some deep water and one of our hooks came back looking like this... Any ideas on what could have mangled the hook so badly? We were on to some big bream on our other rods right before it happened but I can't imagine a bream bite causing that damage. That’s some serious damage, I’d be questioning if I hooked onto the Loch Ness monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 What ever it was, it was big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothparade Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Are they the $4 hooks from the 4 letter department store? Because if they are, I've had them bent straight by trevally off long reef. They used to be a lot better but recently I've found that they snap or bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidjigga Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 @DrRaymondSnapper We didn't see the bite happen because we were fussing over a 40Cm+ bream on another rod. We only found the hook like that once we checked to see if bait was still on, almost certain it wasn't a propeller. @wazatherfisherman it was over a deep hole not far from snapper rock. @slothparade is spot on, it was a cheap hook from a 5 letter department store so I'm sure the hook quality played a factor but I'm still surprised at something doing that much damage. My dad reckons it might have been a crab using its pincers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidjigga Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 Actually @Yowie might be right, if a big toadfish bit the middle of the longshank, I could see a beak bending the hook in that fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I Recon it could be one of those big Porcupine Fish as XD351 mentioned. Pretty common in the estuaries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 If you didn’t feel any “bite” best bet it was a big Mud Crab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 36 minutes ago, Blackfish said: I Recon it could be one of those big Porcupine Fish as XD351 mentioned. Pretty common in the estuaries. I had one break a Mustad 9555b once . They have a similar head construction to a green toad but they have plates instead of a beak type tooth - their mouth is a bit like a pair of Vise grips. They used to blow up to the size of a volley ball ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, XD351 said: I had one break a Mustad 9555b once . They have a similar head construction to a green toad but they have plates instead of a beak type tooth - their mouth is a bit like a pair of Vise grips. They used to blow up to the size of a volley ball ! That’s the ones XD, Three Bar Porcupine fish. Fish inflated while I was holding it and after we let it go floated down the river till slowly deflating then swam away . 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 That’s the one ! haven’t caught one for years though ! Tigers fan too eh ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie_fisher Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I’ve had a puffer destroy my hook long ago even tho it was a pretty crap one from the five letter department store. I’d suspect it’s that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRaymondSnapper Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) 4 hours ago, XD351 said: That’s the one ! haven’t caught one for years though ! Tigers fan too eh ! You guys must be the last 2 Tigers fans left. I thought that they were extinct. Edited April 22 by DrRaymondSnapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 2 hours ago, DrRaymondSnapper said: You guys must be the last 2 Tigers fans left. I thought that they were extinct. We are still here- hiding in shame , eating off wooden spoons and waiting for the next messiah! Either that or for another team to steal the wooden spoon off us ! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidjigga Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 Awesome photo @Blackfish, I didn't know you could hold them bare-handed like that though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, squidjigga said: Awesome photo @Blackfish, I didn't know you could hold them bare-handed like that though I'm no hero, it was spikey but all good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 18 hours ago, DrRaymondSnapper said: You guys must be the last 2 Tigers fans left. I thought that they were extinct. I’m a tigers fan too, since 2004 we are still here! Ihave hope for good this year, but I say that just about every year 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRaymondSnapper Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Commiserations from a Sharks supporter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 As a childhood North Sydney Bears supporter . . . . at least your beloved Tigers are still in the comp. 😢 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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