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Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
My biggest dilema is what to do when a big fish takes me into the rocks. I'm talkiing about when you can feel the fish rubbing you off...
I've lost the battle more times than I've won it. Any tips?
Happened to me the other night... again.  |
What I have done several times is actually take the line off of the roller so the fish has some slack. Not enough that she can throw the hook, but often times when the pressure is let up the fish will move away from the rocks. Usually once I give slack I keep the line in my fingers so that I can feel the fish moving and keep some amount of tension on the line to avoid it getting hung up on other rocks.
Another trick that an old timer taught me was to "pluck" the line like a guitar string. Especially when fishing deeper water (canal). Supposedly this irritates the fish and brings it to the surface. Im not 100% sold on this, but I will say that on two separate occasions I had a fish dig down in the rocks and used both techniques and was able to land the fish.