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<font color='#000000'>Went fishing last night off the rocks near Findon (Aberdeenshire), didn't fancy my chances much, but felt the need to go. Used a spinning rod with a string of small Hokeyes and caught several small Saithe. However, I also set up another spinning rod with a float, and a 6' trace to a size 2 hook. Caught plenty more small Saithe with this method, until almost packing up time.
While seeing the familiar small tugs from the Saithe, I then had one big knock, and then a tremendous tug on the rod which almost bent in two, and promptly nothing. Reeled in to find that the 15lb line had been cleanly bitten off at the hook.
As the float was only out about 8' from where I stood, and the hook was only 6' deep, would anyone like to venture a guess as to what bit me off?
Bait was Mackeral, and it was getting dark.
Cheers
Steve</font>
While seeing the familiar small tugs from the Saithe, I then had one big knock, and then a tremendous tug on the rod which almost bent in two, and promptly nothing. Reeled in to find that the 15lb line had been cleanly bitten off at the hook.
As the float was only out about 8' from where I stood, and the hook was only 6' deep, would anyone like to venture a guess as to what bit me off?
Bait was Mackeral, and it was getting dark.
Cheers
Steve</font>