queensland GC Canal Smokingggggg

[51MPL]

Spent the day on the highropes out on mount tamborine then headed to the gc for a quick flick for nothing. Dinner was had then a flick around the canals.. Heaps of action as per usual but couldn't get a hookup.

Splash splash boil boil sigh sigh sigh >.>''

Then all of a sudden the fish go nuts so i send a cast in and soon as the lure lands BOOOF! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... it stops running whatever th hell it is but then starts these big headshaking lunges towards the middle of the canal. shake shake and i hear splashes so it must have come to the surface when PING it's all over.

I thought the leader wore though (I upped to 6lb today because of the rain, might have dirtied the water a little). Wind in the lure to find this had happened:

Rear treble completely gone, from the split ring down everything :S

Front treb completely mangled =\

Any guesses?

[Chafule]

Tarpon?

Is that from the usual spot?

Lol atleast you got your lure back.

[51MPL]

yeah man normal spot =]

nfi what fish :S

[eg_vtec]

pretty crazy. maybe gh? because i go to some spots and theres heaps of action but they take nothing then get gh on switchblade

[51MPL]

dnno this guy never jumped or anything like my other GH?

[adambris]

barra???

[noname]

i have seen this b4, it was a croc that done this ! sure of it ay

[rosstralia46]

thats just crazy big fish wateva it was

[Eug]

good stuff bud. late season jack?

[Jords]

that's crazy mate! Wouldn't have thought you could put that much pressure on a fish just on 6lb!

[Kevo]

Bullsharks they like the cannals, and they go into half fresh and half salt to kill all the parasites off them so it could of been that? but then again it might of just snatched ur hole lure and snapped ur line.

[yoyo]

maybe it was a small shark and you had it foul hooked or something...could put wierd strain/torsion thru the lure to do that..

was there any corrosion on/around the trebles and/or splitrings ?

[51MPL]

Nah mate i rinse and air-dry my lures after every sesh so no rush or anything..

I'm stumped haha

[eg_vtec]

time to bring down the bigger gear khoi lol

[51MPL]

time to bring down the bigger gear khoi lol

haha nah no fun bro

[51MPL]

that's crazy mate! Wouldn't have thought you could put that much pressure on a fish just on 6lb!

Yeah buddy, just tie good knots lol! (not that i can talk, every time i've hooked a suspected jack my leader knot ALWAYS snaps.. ) It's a double uni

[Keen-as-fisho]

I'm with Eug on this one, late season Jack and you got fd up :whistle: Thats awesome but how the lure ended up.

Jords 6LB leaders will take alot of Abuse if handled correctly.

[elops]

Either both trebles were set and jaw pressure did it or there was a fish on each hook.

Most likely Jack if one fish, had a big Jack break the rear eyelet out of a 115 Sammy that was hooked on both trebles.

[51MPL]

True that then, why arent u fishin this weekend denny?

And that would be one expensiveeee toga elops? or are the reds the most exxy

[pinkey]

GT

[51MPL]

dunno, pulled a 50~ model out of the same spot about 2 weeks ago and he didnt crush trebles or anything?

[elops]

And that would be one expensiveeee toga elops? or are the reds the most exxy

[tiotony]

That description is like a barra, especially initial powerful run (that big yellow paddle tail), short runs followed by head shakes, and surface thrashing. What was the surface activity like? Any really loud boofs from fish inhaling prey on the surface? How cool would it be if it was a barra in a GC canal!

I wouldn't say big tarpon as they are so hard on leaders, I reckon probably would have shredded a 6lb leader well before destroying the trebles.

[51MPL]

Usual surface boofs, not even as loud as at the start of the week when i landed the high 40s tailor :S

[Keen-as-fisho]

True that then, why arent u fishin this weekend denny?

Heading out tomorrow on the boat around the bay, weather pending then yakking it monday morning destination unknown :whistle:

[Jords]

That's crazy!! Yeah I think the double hooks in the mouth makes sense, there must have been some crazy weird pressure on the lure. It would be nice to think there were more and more barra around down south!!

[wesfish]

Barra!! hehehehe :evil:

[benobfo]

Might of been a barra, just think of what could of been if the lure had decent hooks, what model was the lure to save this mistake happening again..

[pinkey]

dunno, pulled a 50~ model out of the same spot about 2 weeks ago and he didnt crush trebles or anything?

I have heard people getting their rover's bitten/cracked in half by GT's!

It depends how they grab the lure I guess, different positions would have different levels of pressure on the lure. I've had what happend to your rover with the back trebel happen to a Frenzy popper on a 40cm or so tailor.. I was trying to land it on the rocks though.

[51MPL]

Yeah you might be right pinkey? The 50cm trev (big eye from memory) was also landed on a rover though? Maybe it was just the angle of the hookup?

And what kinda size GT you think has the power to crack the lures?

[pinkey]

GT's have much stronger jaws than bigeyes. Just taking a guess, but I'd say for a canal, could of been anywhere from 50 - 65ish, you never know though.