Line Break or northern pike?

[BeaverSqueeezer]

i fish in a quarry with lots of bass, bluegills and crappies. Today i was using a jig and right when it hit the water my line took off and i set the hook to nothing and my jig was gone. I have heard from a guy that fishes in there that their is huge northern in there but i have never seen them with the water really clear or caught them i tried to take a picture of the line to see if anyone can tell. I have no idea what kind of line it is

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by BeaverSqueeezer

i fish in a quarry with lots of bass, bluegills and crappies. Today i was using a jig and right when it hit the water my line took off and i set the hook to nothing and my jig was gone. I have heard from a guy that fishes in there that their is huge northern in there but i have never seen them with the water really clear or caught them i tried to take a picture of the line to see if anyone can tell. I have no idea what kind of line it is

Sounds like a pike. If you just set the hook and nothing, no weight, not fish, no jig. Sounds like ya got bit clean off. If you felt weight, and had to tug a bit, sounds like a snag.

[Bender]

That happens to me sometimes too, usually a pike does it. I had one on yesterday that was maybe the second biggest fish that I have ever had on a line. (I hooked either a muskie or a sturgeon one time in the Detroit River, didn't last long) I backed off my drag and really took it super easy because I wanted to at least see him. After I made a few gains he broke/bit me off. The line had a clean cut, above the knot. I was really disappointed that I didn't get to see him at least. Edit: That was 10# P-Line CFX Fluoro leader material.

So in your case I would bet that it was a pike or a bowfin (dogfish). Both are very aggressive and have sharp teeth.

[bluebasser86]

It's possible your know wasn't good or you already had a nick in your line. Either one of those can cause your line to break with very little force on the hookset.

[BeaverSqueeezer]

It had a bunch of nicks in it almost looked like small chunks takin out of the line

[lilmule]

Some kinda toothy critter no doubt ,some less desirable like gar do the same