Went to the Cullen bay sandbar today. To cut a long story short, there was a blacktip shark around 1.3 metres hanging around, and it snipped us multiple times. I then decided to chuck out a mullet, no trace just a hook and sinker. I then leant my rod up against the esky, and sat down on my phone. About 20 min later, I hear a huge splash, and see the same shark thrashing around about 20m out. I then see something disappear into the water, and think WTF? It's then that it clicks. My rod is gone. And there's a trail in the sand where it was dragged down. I quickly look around, and the same shark is now 100m out jumping and thrashing on the surface. I ended up asking another bloke who was on the sandbar if he could take me for a cruise to have a look, but the cruise turned up short.
Still not sure how it happened, had the reel on super loose drag, and I would have thought that I would get snipped instantly but anyway. Have noticed that at times the reel would tighten up the drag if drag was pulled while on super loose, and it has happened to my two mates who have the same reel. Or maybe I'm just an enormous idiot lol.
So I say goodbye to quite possibly my favourite all time combo, the combo the landed at least 90% of my fish. It was a shimano saragosa 6000 on a silstar crystal blue powertip 6-10kg. RIP you good thing
Saying goodbye to a dear companion
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
That sucks. Maybe you had a loop around an eyelet
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
Possibly, I think my theory about the drag tightening automatically might also be right. I thought it was just mine, then my mate's mentioned that when the drag is on ultra loose it can tighten automatically if line is pulled off.
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
Had the same thing happen to me down the Daly crossing one night, put my rod down to help a mate for about 30 sec and walked the 15 metres back to where my rod used to be and there was nothing there, i was filthy!!
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
Yep my Saragosa does the same thing. The drag seems to tighten automatically after been pulled. It's good for hooking up fish but no good if left lying around and not watched.
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
Surprised that I didn't find out earlier considering how many times I used it for livebaiting off mandorah jetty. Strange that it doesn't seem to be mentioned in reviews etc considering how popular the saragosas are.
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
Absolutely sucks losing a rod like that, especially knowing that you could have prevented it. That rod a favourite of mine too
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
no good at all! i have a saragosa as well, will need to keep a closer eye on it beach fishing from now on!
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
Yeah mate, I would the sure it's in a proper rod holder if you want to leave it alone. A shame because other than this they're great reels. Mine served me well.
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Re: Saying goodbye to a dear companion
Cheers flickin, yeah I might look at a baitrunner of some sort for livies now once I get a bit of coin back. What have your experiences with the baitrunner d been like?Flickin4em wrote: ↑Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:00 pm I'd suggest a Baitrunner 6000D might be a better option for fishing livies young gun and I find there's less guesswork busting off on big fish with a proper drag setting once you set the hook. It has a good audible strike drag preventing most overruns on fast hits too.
1 metre of 32mm conduit is a cheap investment for your next setup on the beach and a shorter length can be customized with an additional piece of timber to clamp or screw onto our wharf railings for future trips too.
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