Headed out to the beach at around 12:30 with JordanConnorSharp (Jordan) and C-money (Connor) to try out luck at some shark fishing. The weather wasn't looking good and when we got to the beach it was terrible. Huge seas, im talking 4-6 footers, dark clouds and realllyyyyy windy. Had 2 baits in the water at around 1:30-2:00. Connor had a whole 10 lb tuna about 250 yards out when the line on his 12/0 starts going out kind of slow,IMO i didnt think he had one, then i see him start full on running down the beach (hookset) with no luck. As we're talking we hear ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ and my new avet 50w (which i used for the first time today) started going off. Sure was a sweet song that reel was singin

Did the hookset and fish on! after about 5-10 minutes finally brought it in with the result of a decent blacktip (or a spinner shark we're really not sure). This thing fought like crazy on the line, and even out of the water, mounted it and got the hook out after it bit down on the dehooker and bent them a little bit, safe release and the shark was fine. We yak the baits out again and I got no luck the rest of the day, not even a hit. Using tuna chunks 100 yards off.
We were just relaxin when connors 12/0 goes off like ive never heard it go off before, but spit the hook. The whole 10 lb tuna was chomped in half. Not sure what it was, maybe a hammer or a frisky blacktip. Sure was interesting to see it, but even on a double hook rig he still missed it, ahh well what can we do. We yaked the baits out again but neither of us got any action. All in all a fun day, and really glad i got to test out the new reel.
Id like to make a special shout out to everyone who helped me with this reel.
if you posted...
http://boatlessfishing.com/forum/viewto ... 1...thanks so much.
p.s. Raul (permitchaser) the rod worked great man.
The fight.
Removing the hook.
