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 ?

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 ?