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Fish and ec- Good stuff, esp. Fish, nice expo, very comprehensive, ever consider writing?
Just for the sake of clarity...I want to say that the emphasis is on large bass, mid-20's lbs and up. I believe that these are the big breeders, see the stats again.
I have the same problems at home, "bring a fish home." "Yes dear" but I don't, don't want the hassel of the whack. But when I do bring fish, it is usually one that was badly hooked (a bleeder) or something else, and I prefer teenagers hands down, as I like that meat better. The bigger ones gets blubbery for the lack of a better term.
Ed-I may have poo-poo'ed your leader set up because I believe in simplicity and yours is a little complicated. I fish nights in sometimes windy conditions, sometimes in deep water with nothing dry within 70 yards. If I do end up having to re-tie, I put another 30" of 80 (sometimes 100) pound test mono onto a barrel and away we go with one or two simple knots.
While the leader will save you fish from rub-offs and breaks, like Fish implied, it is the rod and its power and how you handle it, is what will help you control, and eventually win/beat, a fish. The "End Game" is the most important and probably least emphasized part of our fishing. We cover this in Class (had to get a little plug in) because of its extreme importance. From the hook-up, the phases of the battle, to the landing and maybe releasing. Again we are emphasizing big bass. Few fish for, or like small bass exclusively, it is large bass that drive our sleepless nights.
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