Any ideas?

[Buddha57]

Hoping someone can help out with their crystal ball
Fished Bulwer on Sunday only to catch a few undersized snaps and grinder along with some morning getting frustrated I switched ( for the 1st time) to a nuclear chicken softie about 5 inches long with a 5/0 head. After 5 minutes something hit it, and then the fun began, thought I had stopped it, there was some heavy pumping , then a run. All good I thinks, he is mine! A few more runs and head shaking and pumps, then, without hesitation off it went, peeling about 100 metres of 15kg braid off my reel, then, gone, the braid let go. Never got to see it, and don't we hate that?

Does any one who fishes the general area have an idea what it may have been.? I am thinking some kind of shark.

[BLOOEY]

Sounds like you had a good fish then it was eaten by an even better fish or a shark. Ben

[johncar]

Same area a few years back mate hooks up, wrestles the fish back and forth for a half hour or so then with a bit of a thump she came a bit easier and he landed a 14KG Tuna head cut clean through. Which is why I don't tend to go swimming there lol..

[Buddha57]

I agree! They don't walk around our streets, so be buggered if I am going in either.
Talking to a bloke tonight at the ramp, he agrees, I probably had a nice snap, but the shark liked it more!

[Jeremy]

I had an 80 cm jewie taken just like that a few weeks ago. Managed to get it back eventually almost completely scaled - big groper or cod

[bearspossum]

I had the same thing happen last Saturday, I nearly had colour until it decided to take another long run. I'm of the same opinion....big cod....the speed of the runs are a key point and will count out many species.

[Buddha57]

The final run was unlike the first two. Extremely fast and heading in the opposite direction. A few blokes at the ramp agree that it was more than likely a shark. Another has suggested a Cobia, but that is not my preferred theory as they seem to be scarce at the moment and there were no bait schools around.