possible conger ?

Hi,

Last night we had a fair tug/lash on the rod and line ran for a bit and then went tight. And there was no way of getting it back, eventually the line of the rig broke. We were using a home made rig (made from 24lb line) with 2 hooks, size 2 and size 4, we were basically letting it trawl along the bottom hoping for flatfish. Bait was lugworm tipped with some slivers of mackerel.
We have taken some decent sized dogfish with the same setup previously, but never had anything like the tug last night. Any chance this would have been a conger ? Would a conger be even attracted to a small piece of mackerel bait ?

thanks...

could be, might also have been a good sized huss. theres been a few of them caught around cork recently in spots where you wouldnt expect them. one was over 10lbs on a sandy beach

or a ray if it was a sandy spot they sometimes stick to the bottom making it hard to lift

A tope maybe? same thing happened a mate of mine couple of years ago, whatever it was stripped 200 yards of 15lb line in no tmie at all until it snapped off! light tackle not worth it ya just never know

dont think youl ever know, but there are numbers of small sub 10lb conger of the garrtyvoe/ballycotton beaches, so its definitley a possibilty

dont think youl ever know, but there are numbers of small sub 10lb conger of the garrtyvoe/ballycotton beaches, so its definitley a possibilty

you must have seen us scratching our heads.