[Grampa Dave]

Great photos and thanks for the input.

A few years ago my son was fly fishing off the coast of Baja. He had a heavy duty saltwater fly rod and a new Tibor heavy duty reel. They had been hooking and landing some big Dorado. He had released a couple of nice Marlin.

He had a strike and never saw what hit. The fish was about 2/3's into his backing before he knew it. He got the rod into his belt, sat down and really stuck the rod hard on a parallel pump to try and bring the fish up and stop his run.

He never saw the fish, it burnt up the brake pads on his new Tibor reel, and broke off about 8-10 inches on his heavy duty fly rod. The fish broke off a 50# test bimini tippet.

He, his Mexican guide and his buddies on the boat were stunned. They still don't know what the fish was.

I wonder if this creature was it?

[ASA Vet]

They still don't know what the fish was

The excuse used here in the Great Lakes when a Chinook breaks tackle:
"Had to be that Russian Sub we've heard snuck though the locks."