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Originally Posted by Slipknot
One time I was ready for it, Saltiga 6000gt reel, 65 lb test whiplash line, 52 lb leader, on an all star 1266 rod with the drag set at 25 pounds  I stopped a seal about 600 pounds atleast and I thought the rod would break, 30 seconds of tug and war and a few headshakes and pop the line broke.
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yow...time to upgrade to deep sea fishing conventional gear w/ 100# line?

I never looked at the Saltiga's specs before...that's a pretty impressive spinning reel.