bottom quiz - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

govomit · 08-29-2016, 02:35 PM

I've got my mono line cut by fish several (4-5) times while bottom fishing around San Diego coastal kelp. I started using bigger diameters, but my latest casualty was a ~50 pound mono, cut at the hook! The line showed some slight abrasion damage too. I replaced it at once with a steel leader, only to be humiliated again with a broken safety snap...
Seems a lot of people catch halibut with a mono rig (I have zero halibut experience). OTOH leopard sharks do not have sharp teeth for a clean cut, rays are the same. Could it be a thresher bottom-feeding ? But there were no jumps or wandering around, just violent head-shakes and pulling to bottom.
What beast am I fighting ?

Dave Legacy · 08-29-2016, 02:55 PM

Sevengill & Soupfin Sharks have legit teeth that will make short work of mono. Still I think you'd have some abrasion further up the leader from tail slaps.

* sorry, missed the abrasion part. Sounds like a shark to me.

Deamon · 08-29-2016, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Legacy

Sevengill & Soupfin Sharks have legit teeth that will make short work of mono. Still I think you'd have some abrasion further up the leader from tail slaps.

* sorry, missed the abrasion part. Sounds like a shark to me.

X2...and they'll roll up your leader as well...

HobieOneCanoebe · 08-29-2016, 03:12 PM

Keep trying so we can find out!! Try 80-100lb fluoro leader 6ft and 80lb braid

skrilla · 08-29-2016, 03:34 PM

I'd bet Soupfin. About this time of year into the Fall transition I seem to hook a handful. Same M.O.roughed up leader.

Silbaugh4liberty · 08-29-2016, 04:56 PM

Last time I rockfished Newport, between 3 of us, we hooked up on 7 soupfin that day. One bit through 25lb, but 40-50 just got a little chewed.

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08-29-2016, 02:35 PM	#1
govomit Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 77	bottom quiz I've got my mono line cut by fish several (4-5) times while bottom fishing around San Diego coastal kelp. I started using bigger diameters, but my latest casualty was a ~50 pound mono, cut at the hook! The line showed some slight abrasion damage too. I replaced it at once with a steel leader, only to be humiliated again with a broken safety snap... Seems a lot of people catch halibut with a mono rig (I have zero halibut experience). OTOH leopard sharks do not have sharp teeth for a clean cut, rays are the same. Could it be a thresher bottom-feeding ? But there were no jumps or wandering around, just violent head-shakes and pulling to bottom. What beast am I fighting ?

08-29-2016, 03:34 PM	#5
skrilla Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 664	I'd bet Soupfin. About this time of year into the Fall transition I seem to hook a handful. Same M.O.roughed up leader. __________________ Urban Camo Trident 13

08-29-2016, 04:56 PM	#6
Silbaugh4liberty Fishing Patriot Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,121	Last time I rockfished Newport, between 3 of us, we hooked up on 7 soupfin that day. One bit through 25lb, but 40-50 just got a little chewed. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk __________________

08-29-2016, 02:55 PM	#2
Dave Legacy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Hacienda Heights, CA Posts: 427	Sevengill & Soupfin Sharks have legit teeth that will make short work of mono. Still I think you'd have some abrasion further up the leader from tail slaps. * sorry, missed the abrasion part. Sounds like a shark to me.

08-29-2016, 03:12 PM	#4
HobieOneCanoebe Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Encinitas Posts: 200	Keep trying so we can find out!! Try 80-100lb fluoro leader 6ft and 80lb braid