A similar story from Nick on Aquajak, copied from Beach and Boat.
12/11/12
"My usual crew of Cam and Charlie fished what turned out to be a beautiful
day on Sunday.... the buggers hounded me in to getting a ticket for the car park so being out numbered... .. I put the hook in surrounded by a count of 78 boats.
But the question what this thread is all about is this....
Over the years, around this part of the season, on 2 occasions when Cod fishing a bite has turned into a run that cant be stopped...
It happened yesterday on our first mark, north side of the Dolphin Bank and before off the banks at Old Harry, fishing aboard Stu May's Reel Action
On heavy enough gear to stop most things these runs strip a spool in a couple of minutes. Both times the fish were lost..first one to a weak point in braid and the second to the trace bitten through. As I said its happened to me twice and Ive heard of another angler with the same story.
So.....what are they, big Tope , Shark.?...has anybody landed one...?
that's 2 questions..i know...... "
Nick