so this has been bothering me
 

Had a fish on the other night at a portion of a beach that I don't believe there are alot of rocks at. Felt damn heavy on the pull when it wasn't running and took a good bit of line when it did. On for few minutes then broke off of the teaser. First thought was it was a blue, but the teaser was "frayed" 3-4 inches from the drop, and I had the teaser itself @ 8-10". Thoughts?

probably a 50

Maybe a 60, those one hurt. Always keep you wondering what it was.

ya know that would be my luck, but I am still leaning towards a rock. It was after the 2nd big run, on the 3rd pump, I stumbled backwards a few steps and caught myself before hitting the dirt

Paul,
Maybe you had a double on at one point - and dropped both. Happens on occasion. I've had a few over 30 pound aggregate double headers this season - lots of weight and hard to control when they fight each other - usually one wins and breaks off or comes unbuttoned. What pound test was your dropper leader?

DZ

dropper was 50 and the main was 80. Had 80 on the main cause I was fishing the rocks earlier

I like the way you think

Good bass, teaser slid up line, rat blue hit it?

could be numb, I did have one just pull the teaser off completely earlier in the week. I know I made a bad knot on that one, but this one was tight like a tiger

what kind of knot did you tie? it happens

That's one thing about teasers- I've lost some big fish that way too.

Steve

Maybe you frayed the teaser dropper' earlier while fishing the "rocks" and didn't notice it....:confused:



onecast = what does the knot "type" have to do with frayed line 3 - 4 inches from the drop? ...just curious

Big blue inhaling a teaser could easily get 5 inches of leader in before sawing you off.

Yup:fury::humpty:

Nope, it was definitely an 80 # record breaker. Sorry, Man.

Mike, a cinch. Bloo, I wasn't fishing a teaser in the rocks(solo bucktail). Maybe it was a big blue. I just dont know, coulda been an effin mako for that matter.

I would say a big blue.

Had the teaser loop possibly been frayed a bit when you were "fishing the rocks earlier?" Just wonderin'

ooo...just saw bloocrab's comment. GMTA :)

Probably would not have "had it on for a few minutes" if a big blue wolfed it down.

Hook in the far side of the mouth of a blue, pulling away from you. The Blue makes a turn, and the leader comes across the front teeth and there goes your line. And the reason it's frayed, be cause it rubbed across multiple teeth and finally cut at the spot on the leader where it was cut.

That's the beauty of "the one that got away". Sure, it might be a 60... potentially. It's still out there swimming, right? It might grow to 60lbs someday, sure. So, you had a 60lb fish get away.

Technically correct: the best kind of correct.

seal

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