Broke my cherry…got spooled today!
Aug 26, 2021 14:30:50 #
Jerseydevil55
Loc: South Jersey beach
Hey danger, I was fluke fishing with squid. 30lb braid. Did manage to catch a couple keeper fluke that day. Cownose was 3ft across, tail was at least 5ft long. I held on to the spool and managed to land it.
Aug 26, 2021 14:50:56 #
hemihappy
Loc: pawleys island s.c.
Had a big spinner shark do that to me beauty was I got three jumps from him he spooled me as fast as I could think.
Aug 26, 2021 15:25:30 #
ToMuch
Loc: N E NE
Ive been spooled couple times crappie fishing. Figure a big ol cat hets a trophy jig instead of the other way round. 4lb test in the shallows doesnt always work.
Aug 26, 2021 15:29:08 #
Jerseydevil55 wrote:
Hey danger, I was fluke fishing with squid. 30lb braid. Did manage to catch a couple keeper fluke that day. Cownose was 3ft across, tail was at least 5ft long. I held on to the spool and managed to land it.
Wow..nice…i had 20 lb braid on this reel….landed the 2 1/2 ft skate….didnt seem like the line was a problem…it didnt snap. He just kept running even with me trying to crank the handle…
Aug 26, 2021 15:31:04 #
Aug 26, 2021 20:20:02 #
Danger25 wrote:
Got spooled! For the 1st time ever….from the surf ... (show quote)
Most likely a Cow nose ray. There is lots of them around this month and the run 30-40 pounds . Did it feel like you hooked up with a bus?
Aug 26, 2021 20:36:11 #
Danger25 wrote:
I have a couple heavy rods and reels I bought to use from the boat in deep water. But from the beach i could have 2 whiting hooked up and never feel a thing! Lol
My go to rod for heavier surf fishing is a Lamiglas GSB 132 1 blank that I built on conventional. The backup is the same blank tied as a spinner. I use it for stripers and blues in the surf. Landed an estimated 100 # butterfly ray that measured 62 inches across in about 20 minutes. I usually use a lighter rod for kingfish but I can feel them on that rod.
Aug 26, 2021 20:43:15 #
Danger25 wrote:
I dont know fly…that spool was spinning pretty fast. Would rather buy more braid than lose two fingers. This nose aint gonna pick itself.
That's why you grab the spool not the line, just like the brakes on a car squeeze down slow, on the spool,, don't grab the line
Aug 26, 2021 21:52:45 #
I recently caught a decent sized ray outside of Dana Point by the Barber Poles, and with 50 lb main line and a 60 lb leader, I was able to get it to my Kayak finally after a half hour of tugging, giving, and more tugging. It wanted to hug the bottom (100' of water there).
Got it to the kayak and it was about 36" to 40" across. Definitely more than I wanted to bring in my kayak, but I wanted to get my lure back, so I worked it until I could get a hand gaff in its wing, which sent it into another crazy state, but I was able to get my lure, and let it go back to the bottom.
Great adventure, but I did not want a 36"+ ray with its stinger in the kayak with me at that point, so I guess we both won the day. I'm sure it is surviving the hole I put in its wing with my hand gaff.
And, we both lived to fish another day.....
Got it to the kayak and it was about 36" to 40" across. Definitely more than I wanted to bring in my kayak, but I wanted to get my lure back, so I worked it until I could get a hand gaff in its wing, which sent it into another crazy state, but I was able to get my lure, and let it go back to the bottom.
Great adventure, but I did not want a 36"+ ray with its stinger in the kayak with me at that point, so I guess we both won the day. I'm sure it is surviving the hole I put in its wing with my hand gaff.
And, we both lived to fish another day.....
Aug 26, 2021 21:56:19 #
Americanman28 wrote:
I recently caught a decent sized ray outside of Da... (show quote)
WOW...that is a great story. As a fellow kayaker, I can get a sense of your dilemma, although I think I would not have been brave enough to tinker with that ray up next to the kayak! You deserve a "gold star" on that one!
Aug 26, 2021 22:04:18 #
Aug 26, 2021 23:46:07 #
Americanman28 wrote:
Actually, the ray deserves the gold star! But thanks!
I'm still trying to visualize my friend landing and releasing a 7 foot thresher shark from a yak a couple miles offshore. Yes he is that crazy and has arms the size of my legs.
Aug 27, 2021 05:56:08 #
CRKfish wrote:
Most likely a Cow nose ray. There is lots of them around this month and the run 30-40 pounds . Did it feel like you hooked up with a bus?
Haha..yeah….an express bus going 20 mph over the speed limit on I 95.
Aug 27, 2021 06:01:36 #
Americanman28 wrote:
I recently caught a decent sized ray outside of Da... (show quote)
Wow…i love the line “ but i wanted to get my lure back.” Hahaha..i am visualizing A28 diving down 100 ft with a filet knife in his teeth like rambo…..” Gimmie my lure you SOB!”…..hahaha.
Aug 27, 2021 09:19:36 #
Aaron hulst
Loc: Keizer, OR
Yeah, kinda crazy with the boats outboards anyway, friend gave me a killer deal on a boat in the spring. I started to look into putting a shiny new motor on it…. You can’t get one! They’ll take your money and put your name on a list! Same thing with propane forklifts matter of fact…. Let’s get back on track, Americans!!! We need new boats and forklifts!
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