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Topfly
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Hardlines on losing the biggie Karl, i along with many anglers know how you feel. you will become a better angler for this experience. I learned a long time ago that when you get a big fish to the surface not to panick and take your time, cos as long as that hook holds, the fish is yours. There probs are only a few anglers on this coast hooked into a cod of that size, so you are a very lucky lad, and hope you land your next biggie. 
paulthespark
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hard luck mate i feel for you, a fish of a life time lost on the lift, i had a 9 and 1/2 pounder on the steetley [not as big as yours] and anyone who has fished the steetly will tell you the lift is 30 feet , so in my box i always keep a length of srong garden twine, about 300lbs break and strain, and on to it i fit a 10 oz perk with a triple size 10/ 0 hook, 3 foot further up on the twine tie on one of those spring loaded key ring links,when you have a big fish on simply clip the key ring to your main line and let the pirk's wieght take it down, i can garantee that no matter how rough or windy it is that trebble 10 0 will end up in the cods gob that's how i got my big un up and it's a doddle.
Wayne Eastlake
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:red:cheers Paul, thats a canny tip!
Topfly
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You can buy purpose made dropgaffs that slide down the main line with three big swinging hooks on a ring that go over the fishes head, and as you take the weight, they dig in and work every time, and your not just in the lip. I have hand balled a few fish up from various shots, but once you get over 8/9 lb the line starts to cut into your hands, and even with sakuma manta extras or the like, you never know if the hook will hold. So it's best to keep a cool head and land your fish the best way you can by net / gaff/ beach /steps.
confucious say "always take drop net when fishing from high places" how many times has stories like this been told on the site, and yet it keeps happening. You will never hand ball a monster cod like that up the side of a pier or high spot, even with heavy line it will break, you are lifting a dead weight or the hooks will just tear out of the fish.
hard lines all the same mate, you sound happier that it got away than ended up in the frying pan, good on ya.
hard lines all the same mate, you sound happier that it got away than ended up in the frying pan, good on ya.
Deans
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unlucky bud. could of been worse, I remember on the north pier 2 years ago when i lost a good fish. was fishing the drum end alone and was straight into cod. my second fish estimated about 13 pound, i managed to get it onto the pier and it was lying there next to me, i then turned round to put my rod down (hook still in cods lip) , looked back to pick it up and before i know it it flapped its tale and fell straight off the side, some how the hook came loose.
splash......... and that was it, gutted for weeks
a lot of the good anglers will think am having a laugh but this is also a true story.
makes me laugh now, never done out so stupid
splash......... and that was it, gutted for weeks
a lot of the good anglers will think am having a laugh but this is also a true story.
makes me laugh now, never done out so stupid
Karl
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Thanks for all the replies on this matter ,i only hope that the next person who hooks into a big fish has read this report and taken on board some of the excellent suggestions that have been made in this thread ,i for one, have, and in the future if i am lucky enough to hook up again, i will have a better idea of what not to do. I'm out tomorrow and who knows what might happen, that's fishing i suppose
codseeker
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the beast won on the day and produced thousands of lil coddy eggs or may of been the man cod wanting its way
Charlie_Thompson
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Great report, thanks for sharing, great story as well, I believe every word. What did it for me was the following -
codseeker
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scaley
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its not hard to tell when reading your post mate how much affect this fish has had on you,i can imagine the rush you got when that fish broke surface.
That feeling will keep you fishing for the next ten year at least until you get that fish of a lifetime,always next time
That feeling will keep you fishing for the next ten year at least until you get that fish of a lifetime,always next time
