Congers have BIG FREAKING NASTY TEETH
*shivers*
Been out a couple times on commercial lobster boats (ok more than a couple times... alot) and had em in the traps... Evil bastards they are...
From the description (minus the size) it sounds like either a big conger or a goosefish on steroids...
Will a full Fin Nor Tycoon rig with 200lb do the job?
To hell with that...
Someone catch it on flyrod!
Addenum here:
Now, lets take into account the fear factor, when people are scared, things are bigger than they really are.
ie: the sharks that were on the whale carcass a year or so ago were only 10-12 footers... not 15+ like people thought...
So in reality, we could guestimate this thing down to the size of a REALLY FREAKING BIG Conger maybe, and i've never seen a Goosefish over 4-5 foot (pictures of my dad with massive Goosefish out of Plymouth back when he was my age)
But what I don't get is the hissing etc, I mean the description is absolutely awful, but we can blame that on the paper themselves, they're all about sensationalism.
Megamouth sharks and the such have been caught/spotted/etc. in the Atlantic, so it very well could possibly be a dying deep water shark s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g air for some reason.
So now we're down to, Goosefish, deep water shark, Conger Eel, any other suggestions?
Threaded Mode