Just hooked into something BIG at Quinns Rocks dog beach...
Submitted by Brickie33 on Sat, 2012-10-27 20:26
Ok so 3 hours ago I was at Quinns dog beach when something took my bait and proceeded to take nearly 300 metres of my line, stopping every now and then but generally not letting me take any in before going again. Felt very powerful, it jumped twice and the guy with me thought it looked around the seven feet mark. played it for around 1/2 hour before it came in slightly and bit through my 50lb mono leader,game over! Does anyone have any idea as to what that could have been? Cheers guys
StevieP
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by the description of the
by the description of the fight sounded like a eagle ray
tim-o
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7 ft tailor awesome
7 ft tailor awesome
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kempy
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Must be one of the sharks
Must be one of the sharks from the news.
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fishcrazy
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shark
Jumping mako maybe
merdel12
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aww some serious answers
aww some serious answers here...a jumping eagle ray, shark from news,7ft tailor
im going to go with a killer whale
spanishmackeral
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guess you've never seen an
guess you've never seen an eagle ray jump?
merdel12
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i havnt actually but i
i havnt actually but i suppose they can?
StevieP
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nothing to be proud of but
nothing to be proud of but ive caught heaps of eagles rays off the beach and nearly always jump atleast once, gets the heart racing at first until you feel theres no headshakes...
Leemo
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have had them jump plenty of
have had them jump plenty of times
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carnarvonite
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Big black piece of carpet
Sound like you hooked one of those big black stingrays about the size of your lounge room carpet.
Daniel Y
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except that they dont jump,
except that they dont jump, so it would have more likley been an eagle ray.
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my bet is a spinner shark
my bet is a spinner shark
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Travisd
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ray 4 sure
eagle rays love to jump shallow water like that and never heard of a spinner this south, this cold! put the 4000 gear away and toughen up;)
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sea-kem
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Hmmm a fishing story being
Hmmm a fishing story being told by a brickie sounds like something cooked up in the mixer......
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Brickie33
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Haha I knew someone wouldnt
Haha I knew someone wouldnt believe me, the shark sightings on the news when I got in were the icing on the cake!
Paul G
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I guess it doesn't matter
I guess it doesn't matter what it was, as it is miles away by now.
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lb metro marlin lol
lb metro marlin lol
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Head Shakes or no head
Head Shakes or no head shakes?
Brickie33
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Sorry bout the late reply, no
Sorry bout the late reply, no head shakes at all, just solid bursts each time, and when it did stop I couldnt pump and wind in the slightest, definately had that ray reeling to it.
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7ft sea cucumber
7ft sea cucumber haha
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a 7 foot eagle ray
bloody hell thats a big eagle ray!! never no could have been the first mackie for the season!!
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