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Just a couple weeks ago, during the first week of August, I had an amazing experience. Was in my buddies boat with my son off the Maine coast. My son was using a zubiki rig to catch Macks for bait. I'm sure everyone knows, but just in case, a zubiki rig is about 6 feet of line with 7 flies tied about every 10 inches along it. He was doing well, catching 4, 5, even 6 Macks at a time. He yells to me, "Dad, of got a mack on every hook!" Sure enough, his rod, with 30 lb. test is bent over and you can see the macks down 15 feet flashing silver. He starts to bring it up and WHAM!!!! his rod is almost pulled out of his hands! A striper has engulfed one of the macks! Then wham again! He's got 2 stripers on! Well, now the line is ripping out and a third striper's on. Well, you guessed it, before long he's fighting a whole school of stripers - 7 of them! It took 2 hours but he landed them and released each one. 20-25 lbs each.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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