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DZ · 12-14-2008, 10:13 AM

Bassdawg,
Not sure what you consider a monster but I'm figuring over 35 or so. The one thing that increased my hook-up land ratio was using heavy tackle. There is a fine line between you having the bass and them having their way with you. When I first started casting I as using a 9 foot medium stick with 15 lb line on a penn 704. With that outfit I was praying when hooked up to something I really wanted to land - that oufit just didn't have the balls to take care of big fish in rocky conditions I fished around. I learned my lesson and went to a medium heavy 10 ft stick with 20 lb line on the 704 and increased my land ratio quite a bit. Now there are very few times I feel outgunned by larger bass. I'm very confident that I will be able to touch the cows that I hook-up - then let them swim away.

DZ

12-14-2008, 10:13 AM	#2
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	Bassdawg, Not sure what you consider a monster but I'm figuring over 35 or so. The one thing that increased my hook-up land ratio was using heavy tackle. There is a fine line between you having the bass and them having their way with you. When I first started casting I as using a 9 foot medium stick with 15 lb line on a penn 704. With that outfit I was praying when hooked up to something I really wanted to land - that oufit just didn't have the balls to take care of big fish in rocky conditions I fished around. I learned my lesson and went to a medium heavy 10 ft stick with 20 lb line on the 704 and increased my land ratio quite a bit. Now there are very few times I feel outgunned by larger bass. I'm very confident that I will be able to touch the cows that I hook-up - then let them swim away. DZ
	DZ Recreational Surfcaster "Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit" Bi + Ne = SB 2 If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.