2 AM, full moon, dead low at Black Point and I am way out on the reef. Throwing one of my jointed swimmers, jet black with BIG red eyes.
So there's a swirl the size of a bathtub. I hook up and am never in control of the fish. VS 250 singing like the breeze. She goes down and I feel her rubbing against a rock. Then....nothing. I reel in and 3/0, 3x Strong treble straightened along with the metel lip bent in half. I'll never know how big but my biggest is 45# in the surf (years ago) and this fish pulled as hard as any fish I ever hooked. I saved the hook and the lip as a reminder.
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