Was it a submarine I hooked?

[coachlaw]

So I'm fishin' from the dock on Thursday afternoon. I catch a rat red, then a hardhead, which went into the crab trap. Then I hooked something. It never slowed down, never sped up. It just kept going. There was no turning it. I do not think whatever it was even knew it was hooked. I jumped in the boat, untied, threw her in reverse, then into forward. All this while holding the bent over rod in my hand mind you. Then pop! I was completely spooled by the wraith. I surmise that it was a BIG bull shark, but others have said perhaps stingray. I would not have been surprised to see the Nautilus surface.

[lurefisher]

Jack? my guess?

[txwhaler 22]

titlum tatlum Loch Ness......

[Baby Tran Cat]

titlum tatlum Loch Ness......

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[Walker]

Big ray. They don't turn, they don't surface, and they pull like a truck.

A shark will usually bolt when you hook it - off like a rocket. But not a ray. Like being hooked to a bulldozer.

[Coon]

I foul hooked and caught a huge barnacle crusted old turtle (3' across) a few yrs back near tit tat, so consider that too....

[Ibtsoom]

I saw a pretty good size turtle the other day when I was in there. Cruising along the bottom .. probably 2.5 feet across the back. Hopefully you needed a line change on your reel anyway.

[R C]

Another possibility, alligator gar?

[imhammer]

I think Ray.......

[coachlaw]

It was just steady, nonchalant pressure, very much like the aforementioned bulldozer.

[SCHU]

Rays will usually stick on the bottom literally after you hook em & its hard to get em to move. Big shark will cut the line with its tail soon. Anybody's guess. Big drum/red?

[nokatchin]

scuba diver?

[Explorer21]

I with Walker and Chip, I think it was a ray as well.

[Moonpie]

Did it make a run or just continue to pull out drag at a slow/steady pace?

Was it moving up or down current?

[45 ACP]

Ray