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Luck and skill, my first 50 is a good example. Hingham harbor, in by the 3A rotary, fishing live pogies just outside the moorings. The livewell as getting low on bait, so I picked up my light Penn spinner with 12 lb mono, snag hook with the barbs filed off and snagged a pogy first pull. Suddenly the line went slack, so I figured the pogy came loose, so I swept the rod to snag another, when I actually set the hook on a 52 lber. First run she stopped just short of the moorings and actually came a foot or more out of the water and shook her head like a largemouth, that was a sight to see I'll tell you.
Experience put me there to fish pogies, luck would have it a 52 decided she'd grab my pogy, luck would have it that she didn't throw that big arse snag hook without barbs when she cleared and shook or it could be argued skill at applying just enough pressure, skill enabled me to play that fish to the boat on an outfit ill equipped for the job.
Next year, same spot 55 lbs, same bait but on a conventional outfit, but it wasn't quite the same rush as the year before. Experience that following year put me their at a similar time, but again luck of the draw there were some big girls there that night.
Time on the water and being ready are key.
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