Perdido Key Ballyhoo question?? - The Hull Truth

waterlevel · 10-11-2009, 04:27 PM

This past weekend, we were kayak trolling off the beach in Perdido Key Fl. We mainly use frozen cigars there and always catch kings and spanish. I bought some frozen ballyhoo for the heck of it and within 5 minutes I had a strike that nearly capsized my 14 foot yak. After a brief fight, the steel leader was sheared clean through. Anyone have any idea what may have hit it? I was about 200-300 yards off of the beach. Shark???

Thanks!

Water Hazard Charters · 10-11-2009, 11:55 PM

depends what you mean by sheared through. I am assuming the wire leader was just cut clean in one place? If so it could have been anything, shark, king etc....more than likely though, your leader may have somehow gotten a kink in it and broke during the right...Now its a fish story and you can say it was anything you want

LATROUT · 10-12-2009, 05:31 AM

anything. coulda for sure been a big kimg this time of year. maybe early wahoo. We caught a 60-65 lb wahoo with in sight of the farewell bouy last christmas eve. my 3 year old daughters first. we were trolling stretches for redfish.

waterlevel · 10-12-2009, 10:04 AM

Well, it was a new leader just out of the bag so I feel good about that. I guess I just am not sure what routinely would hit on a ballyhoo in that area that close in. We did catch a couple of Kings in the 15-20 lb range and a mess of Spanish but nothing that hit that hard. Thanks for the responses guys....