Probably caught the fishing line in the prop... happens to me all the time

Porpoise or orca wouldn't stay down that long over some of the extended fights referenced.

Fought a halibut for 2+ hours in admiralty inlet when I was a kid - finally got it close enough to see it was a halibut as big as our 16' boat (width) and cut it off. But that was on heavy salmon trolling gear.

One of Sea Strikes internet sweat hogs............ya think?

Correlation is not causation.

salmon sharks in the puget sound? don't you need salmon?

Late 80's or early 90's we hooked something on a Point Wilson Dart off Possession. We followed it from there to PNP, half way back and back toward the green can. Had it on for over an hour but it didn't really swim that fast. Maybe 10 kts was the fastest I had to chase it. Would get close to the surface maybe 30-40' down before sounding and heading off another direction. We were jigging 100 fow or so.

I was a bit pissed at my brother because he got tired of playing it and broke off before I could stop him. Was thinking maybe a huge halibut but swam a bit faster than a hali.

To this day, I wish I could have seen it. Felt like head shakes rather than the big, slow throb of a foul hooked fish. Or so I thought.

Imagine a really large specimen of one of our known species, hooked in the tail. Thinking six-gill, other shark, even skate or large 'but. An average sized halibut is pretty tough when foul hooked.

Castaway Chris can tell ya what it's like to have a 200lb skate snagged in the tail. His story sounds similar

I would vote big foul hooked halibut or skate. Both can "gallop" at high speed for long distances, if foul hooked. I have landed 200 lb halibut that were easier to land than 125 pounder foul hooked.

It definitely is not a mammal as it never comes up for air. It is big and cruises. I think I have a picture somewhere of an aluminum boat running after it. It came past us and later came by going the other way. These are long runs and not slow. I know of about 4 times minimum that guys have hooked into it. Spud was killing himself trying to figure out how to land it or atleast get to see it. Big skates dont dive back down like halibut do.


It is in rock piles when hooked. My guess is a six gill as it has so much power. A fouled hooked fish is not really possible as its hooked in the same area every year or two. It takes them for a very long run. I think its the same behemoth every time.

Every angler that hooks it is changed forever trying to figure out how to land it and what it is. I dont feel that anyone that hooks it ever has any control of it. They are not working it up to the surface but it stays down and takes off.

What I have for a screenshot, was very very big.. First time I have ever heard it mentioned since I saw it on my screen.

If it was a sturgeon hooked in the mouth it would eventually come up. This doesn't.

Another "vote" for a large six-gill shark.

Decades ago while salmon fishing I hooked what turned out to be a small (6 /12 foot) six gill shark of the "windmill hole" - west end of Mutiny Bay and got it to the boat at Double bluff. Took an hour to get it to the surface and 4 mile chase.

Consider that the above fish was a small six-gill. The maximum size for the species is thought to be 15 feet with a potential weight of more than 2/3 of a ton. I would think such a fish would be more than a match for any tackle commonly used in Puget Sound fisheries; especially considering it would likely be hooked in or near deep water.

Curt

the late 60's I was a with my Dad and Uncle mooching for Kings off PNP. My uncle tied into something big that pulled us for a bit and then broke the line. He was pissed, he grabbed his bottom fishing rod, and put on a steel leader. He hooked back up to this monster and it started dragging us around the tip of PNP and heading west to the straits. For years and years later my Dad and uncle would speculate whether it was a large skate, a submarine from the base, etc.

This monster mystery fish has been around at least 40+ years. Maybe it's the west cost Nessie?

I'm going this route full speed.



Caddy, the Survivor From The Depths


Long before the arrival of Europeans on the Pacific coasts, enormous sea serpents existed in Native folklore. Rock engravings, or petroglyphs, found in many sites show this to be true.

The Cadborosaurus owes its name to Cadboro Bay, south of Vancouver Island, where there had been many sightings in the 1930’s. On October 5th, 1933, the Victoria Daily Times front page featured an observation of the Cadborosaurus. The tale of this mythical marine monster traveled around the world and became Caddy to its fans.

I like the Caddy theory, but never heard of it before.

There were 4 of us in the 1960's era wooden boat with twin 35hp Johnson on the back. I think the boat was 18ft. Whatever my Uncle hooked was towing us around PNP and up Admiralty Inlet when Dad and my uncle decided to cut the line. I think my uncle could have reeled in a shark, and it might have had more action than just towing us. They really thought it was a large skate or a submarine.

Great thread. My kid just turned two. He recently has become obsessed with fish. Every time we walk on a dock now, he peers into the water and says fish...he keeps looking, and every now and then he'll spot one.

I just realized the mystery still drives most of us. What's down there? What could it be? How big? What type? How could I see it? How could I get it to bite?

Maybe two types of people in the world. Those who wonder what's under the surface and those who don't.

This is a job for River Monsters. I'm sure he can branch out to saltwater.

maybe a Six Gill? this is certainly a big one here and I could see how it could take you for a ride, but for the times described? Up to 1.5 to 2 hours? One would think you could get this fish up to the surface eventually:



However, I want to think it's something unknown to Man.... a prehistoric beast that cant be caught

here is a story about an Irish fisherman who caught a massive sixgill, in 35 minutes: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthne...in-Ireland.html

Im not convinced yet.

Maybe this

NOAA Pacific Bluefin

Did a bit of reading today and apparently Six Gills are slow swimmers, I dont think they are our mystery monster fish...as the fish described can swim very fast, for a long period of time.