So I was in southwest Florida for the past two weeks fishing pretty much every night. I was going to post a report but got lazy; long story short we had some pretty awesome action out there. I have only been shark fishing for one year and every night is great learning experience. I made a couple of videos from the nights out there that can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl68v1smZXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-owVn5VSJOI
I did have something strange happen though.
We went to a different spot than normal and had pretty good success the first two nights. On the third night, I go to reel in my spinning rod which was dropped 200 yards out only no notice there was nothing there. The leader and 175 yards of line were gone. It was all 65lb braided line. The next night, I had my 50w out on a deep 500 yard drop. I had 250 yards of 100lb mono and 250 yards of 100lb braid out. AGAIN, I go to check this rod just a few hours after dropping the bait only to notice Everything is gone. This time all 250 yards of mono and 150 yards of braid. This time I was pretty upset 1. because it was getting expensive and 2. because I now couldn't fish for the rest of the night.
Both times I did not hear a click from the reels. It's like the broke instantly on whatever it was. There are apparently a lot of kingfish and Spanish maks around so I am thinking they ran into the line? Also some reefs not far off the beach so maybe that had something to do with it? Is this common or just plain bad luck?? If anyone has any input on it, it would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to stop fishing this spot but if im going to lose line every night I'd have to.
The toothy fish will shred that line super fast.
We get the same thing here on the east coast when the blue fish are running.
If they say there are macks around. that is what I would assume is busting the line without a click.
Don't pull your line tight, just let it rest on the bottom.
I have had that happen to me a couple of times. I believe that mackerel, bluefish and other toothy fish swim into the line.
This is why some people avoid the hi-vis yellow or white line and go with darker colors.
Happens to me too on the Gulf coast, Sharks, Spanish Mackerel, anything with teeth swimming along can run into your line and cut it instantly. I thought about using a technique from my Carp fishing days in the UK to combat this - Clip a 2 oz lead on your line and let it slide down into the water a bit, to pin it to the bottom. This may however create other issues with sand and stuff washing over your line for hours on end, especially on the sandbars.
I now have 350 yards of 100lb mono on the 50w before the braid so I think I'm just going to do 400 yard drops at the most from now on. Should be far enough for the sharks. That way all I stand to really lose is the mono which is inexpensive. I'm going back to the spot where I had the break offs this weekend so we will see what happens.
good ol blind pass i fish that spot on the regular
good ol blind pass i fish that spot on the regular
Hell ya dude it was on fire Friday night there
Peter better and I got cut off at least twenty times in one week fishing the hammer challenge.... spinner sharks swimming into our lines fifty yards from the baits... don't know why