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Duke, bummer. It will probably still haunt you for a while, the big ones always do. The one thing I learned( I am no salty by the way) is to not touch the drag or actually not tighten it. As the spool gets smaller it actually increases the drag pressure just from the fact that the spool is smaller and there is lots of line dragging in the water(that adds increased pressure as well). I would actually loosen it a hair.I always start with a very tight drag. That fish was obvioiusly very large and once she gets her head turned and steaming away from you, you need to play catch-up. A wise thing you did by having your buddy start the boat and follow. Ain't much you can do about rocks, those cows become cows by knowing what to do when hooked. Was the line scraped up?
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