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Crafty Angler · 07-24-2004, 08:10 AM

Hit a 25# last nite at 1 AM at ******* ***** on a recently deceased eel just as the tide turned - and it was the only hit I got all nite.

Nearly lost it too - took off like a bat outta hell and headed due south for the ONLY pot buoy in the entire area and yup, wrapped right around it.

EXACTLY the way I lost another similar sized fish a month ago

Tried waiting her out, loosened the drag to give her line and hopefully get off the buoy - no luck.

So I finally screwed down the drag, pulled the line as tight as I could without breaking off and started twanging it like a guitar string - ya know, I've heard about that for years but never tried it - and it worked. The bass moved away from the pot buoy and I got it in.

I had planned to release it but it was so exhausted it would've just ended up as crab food - I don't think it would have survived what turned out to be a fifteen minute tussle and the Gami was so deep I couldn't even see it.

So it's bass on the grill tonite, I guess - not that that's a bad thing

- if it will stop raining.

07-24-2004, 08:10 AM	#24
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Hit a 25# last nite at 1 AM at ***** *** on a recently deceased eel just as the tide turned - and it was the only hit I got all nite. Nearly lost it too - took off like a bat outta hell and headed due south for the ONLY pot buoy in the entire area and yup, wrapped right around it. EXACTLY the way I lost another similar sized fish a month ago Tried waiting her out, loosened the drag to give her line and hopefully get off the buoy - no luck. So I finally screwed down the drag, pulled the line as tight as I could without breaking off and started twanging it like a guitar string - ya know, I've heard about that for years but never tried it - and it worked. The bass moved away from the pot buoy and I got it in. I had planned to release it but it was so exhausted it would've just ended up as crab food - I don't think it would have survived what turned out to be a fifteen minute tussle and the Gami was so deep I couldn't even see it. So it's bass on the grill tonite, I guess - not that that's a bad thing - if it will stop raining.
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.