[Vision]

A few years ago I was enjoying an afternoon of surf fishing in Duck. Stayed out a little late after it got dark. As I began to pack up something hit the line. This was on a 11ft surf rod, 20lb fireline, great Penn reel, and tough drag. I had a spike buried deep in the sand.

So all of a sudden the drag starts to whine like the other end is attached to a pickup truck at full speed. In about a half second, the spike was pulled forward and the rod shot to the water. I managed to get a grip before it washed into the water, only to have the leader break.

I still wonder what did that; how big of a shark.

[Rebelbase]

I’ve gotten spooled a couple of times in the late afternoon on hits that broke the line, 20# test.

Spend a couple of nights on the beach at Cape Lookout a few years ago with some serious shark fishermen. These guys had rod harnesses and 300# test lines with deep sea ocean reels.

One of them would drop the bait from a Kayak about 200 yards out just before dark. Biggest catch was 84”, black tip. After they landed it one guy didn’t pay attention and got whacked in the small of his back by shark’s tail, left a nice whelp.

[Ken H]

I still wonder what did that; how big of a shark.

You're going to need a bigger rod & reel.