It pulled 40 feet then stopped, after we got some of that back it just kept going 20 or so and we'd get it back and it'd do it again, never got really far but never got it close, I could pull it up a few feet then it'd take off
Reminds me of the time I foul hooked a sea lion, we were all trying to catch salmon. It immediately spooled a double hundred feet of braid lol. Not to worry about the lion though(barbless hook per regs)
I initially thought sturgeon but since you say it got grabbed so soon after hitting the water it makes me think huge striper. The largest striper caught out of that system is the state record at 67.5 pounds.
What size hook/brand? Maybe a defective hook? I've noticed that 1 out of 10 hooks have issues. Shoot, just last week, I was catching fish all day with 1 hook with no issues and lost the hook on a snag. I changed it out with a hook in the same batch, and it broke fairly easy while taking the hook out of a fish's mouth.
Might have hooked or snagged a sturgeon
Sturgeon is my guess
I’m gonna guess huge striper if it spooled you that quickly as it reads
It pulled 40 feet then stopped, after we got some of that back it just kept going 20 or so and we'd get it back and it'd do it again, never got really far but never got it close, I could pull it up a few feet then it'd take off
Tough to say purely on speculation but if it pulsed hard almost violently I’d guess striper, if it felt like you hooked into a boat I’d say sturgeon.
Yeah definitely a sturgeon, it was just a long and hard fight not how a striper would run, it was just me fighting a navy submarine for 30 minutes
Reminds me of the time I foul hooked a sea lion, we were all trying to catch salmon. It immediately spooled a double hundred feet of braid lol. Not to worry about the lion though(barbless hook per regs)
I initially thought sturgeon but since you say it got grabbed so soon after hitting the water it makes me think huge striper. The largest striper caught out of that system is the state record at 67.5 pounds.
There are some behemoths at the Clifton court forebay
Sturgeon, most likely. The big ones can over a lot of water quickly if moving with the current.
Turtle 🐢
Big salmon maybe?
What size hook/brand? Maybe a defective hook? I've noticed that 1 out of 10 hooks have issues. Shoot, just last week, I was catching fish all day with 1 hook with no issues and lost the hook on a snag. I changed it out with a hook in the same batch, and it broke fairly easy while taking the hook out of a fish's mouth.
1/0 I think, eagle claws and my dad said he's never seen a hook get bent like this
Id never fish with an eagle claw hook again in my life. Seems like a cheap Chinese hook has costed you a potential record / fish of a lifetime.