Christmas Morning Monster That Got Away

Liammac7 · 2015-12-25T10:47:23Z

Me and my dad headed out to the beach at midnight Christmas Eve to do some shark fishing. Waves were really rough but I managed to get two baits out my 12/0 with a full bonita and my 9/0 with a whole whiting. We went through the whole night without a click. At around 5am I got a small run on my 9/0 and it ended up being a small 3-4 foot blacktip. I then ran out my 80w with a big ray. At around 9am we decided we were gonna pack up and call it a day. I started reeling in my 12/0 and when it was around 200 yards out from the beach it went all slack. I wasnt sure what had happened so I kept reeling, once it got tight I fell a huge tug then I set the hook into a monster. It made a huge first run. My 12/0 was spooled with around 1400 yards of 130lb braid and then the rest is 200lb mono. After about an hour my reel was almost spooled and the drag was locked down. I got my dad to come help because I could barely hold it. (Im 14 and weigh 110). My dad comes over and we hold on for dear life and thumb the spool. After about 10mins it starts to ease up and we begin gaining line. It was still quite aways out when it decided to make another huge run. We kept thumbing the spool to keep it from spooling us when eventually the hook snapped in half and it got away. I have no idea what it was but it was easily the biggest shark I have ever hooked. Its not letting me attach the pictures of the hook and me fighting the fish but if you want to see the pics check out my instagram TeensFish PS. Merry Christmas everyone

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