Saturday 26th March 2016
I went for an early evening fish down the left end of Whale Bay on the Tutukaka Coast. I used jack mackerel for bait and it didn't take long for me to be hauling in snapper which were only just under the limit. I put a whole mackerel on and cast it out into the swell. Something picked it up and ran with it. I put my finger on the spool and the line just burnt my finger and kept on going. I COULD DO NOTHING! It eventually took me to ground and broke my line. I have no idea what it could have been but I suspect a big stingray. There was no sign of a fin so I don't think it was a shark. I didn't have any spare hooks so I only had a short fish.
I've been thinking about that big fish and I'm now thinking it would have been a very large snapper which took me to ground. There have been some reports lately of big snapper and trevally taking people to ground so maybe not a stingray.
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