Large Black gets away

Today ended with disappointment after an epic 5 1/2 hour battle. On the northern end of the trench Alan got hooked up on a 300kg+ Black. We caught a few glimpses of the fish as it came up thrashing, but despite Alan’s hard effort in the chair, this fish refused to be landed. We got a few more glimpses of the fish and Alan managed to bring it up to the double on quite a few occasions, but in the end this was just too big a fish for the line. Hard Luck Alan.