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I went out again Friday night got set up. I dropped a ray wing about 275 yards on a 20/0 circle hook. By the time I got back to shore and I got my 2nd rod out of the rod holder BAM I have a screaming run, I let him run for a 10 count and then fish on after about 3 minutes, than all of a sudden nothing. I reel in to find that the crimp failed where the hook connects to the cable. So I put another one out and after about 1 hour I get a run and land a 5ft lemon.

I had 5 more runs that resulted in break-offs, one failed crimp, and 2 where the fish just dropped the bait after about 40-50 seconds...

Yes I'm kayaking them out about 300 day, and 150-200 at night. The only reason is because the ocean has been like a lake. It is scary at first but then it is actually quite peacful out there under the moon in the ocean. Yes I was using a colman lantern, keeps the camp lit up well. The black electrical tape I use 90% of the time. It works I can tell you that. Sharks have a real sensitivity to magnetic currents and the tape helps for that and increase your pick-ups. The tips from TSF will help, keep reading. As far as weight I'm not sure because I did not have a girth measurment. The weight will depend on how fat the fish is, my last one was fat this one was not very fat., I guess maybe 150lbs, but I could be way off I'm not sure.

O, ok. Thanks Noel, I'm still; working on the idenification. Some one else told me it was a blacktip. I'm going tonight so hopefully I will get some pics for tommorow. I will even try to Idenify it correctly this time...