Thank you Capt. Buzz Kill!
Anyway...
The seal got to it before it was visible to me from the boat. When the Bonita hit my line it hit hard and fast and I was hoping so much it was a yellow tail. It was putting up a nice fight and may be one of the biggest Bonita I've ever caught but as I was bringing it in and probably just past visual range in the water it felt like god grabbed my line and gave it a tug. Drag meant nothing...line was spooling out quickly and I couldn't even turn the crank. Finally I was able to turn it again but this happened easily two more times.
Then I got it within visual and I could see the silver of the fish and a huge green/brown blob right behind it.
The seal. I seemed to have gotten his fish so I threw it back to him.
Caught a few other nice sized Bonito and took home half a yellow tail I split with the buddy I went out with. Had some tonight and it was amazing!
