Canal report 6/23 with a question

[CANAL RAT]

could of been a bluefish or shark

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Ive noticed that most of the time when i get a hit on an eel and i picked up and put it in free spool for a little bit and feel hard pulls it usually means a blue. Bass seem to just head away with not much jerking around, i usually end up with a cigar. I would say a blue did it. A few weeks ago around a bulkhead i saw a really strange fish. Bout 4 feet long with a head about a foot or so across, it was some kind of shark that i have never seen before, looks like it would cut line in a heart beat.

[Squibby17]

could be a dog. As in dog fish. I got cut off a bunch of times last year before getting smart and putting fluro carbon before the hook. The Dog fish don't really make the hard solid run the way a big striper will its more of a tugging but not a violent shake like a blue fish.

[Mike P]

I'm thinking bluefish. It hit the eel and swam right at you, and since it didn't feel any tension, it ate its way right to the hook.

You get that little "rat-a-tat-tat" hit from a blue when it hits an eel on a taut line and them chomps down to end the resistance it feels. If you drop the rod on the hit and feed it enough line, you can hook the smallest bluefish out there when it hits an eel. If you get them in the corner of the jaw, you can land them. If they get their teeth on the leader, they're gone.

[5/0]

Blue.


5/0

[FISHING4FUN]

Sounds like a bluefish to me.

I haven't fished this spot, but this has happened to me in some of my favorite spots.