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Originally Posted by scottw
I think I can decipher this....you hooked a seal at the Canal once and got spooled and are so determined that it will NEVER happen again that you've loaded up with things like 80lb line and a VS 300 which are overkill in any bass situation..... but, to each his own....anyone fishing "lesser" gear is not adequately armed and probably not experienced enough to understand why you do what you do....that's cool....must really take the fun out of catching 99% of the fish that actually end up on the end of your line throughout the season, but who fishes for the sport of catching anyway?..it's the challenge of...(I admit, I lost you there)  be careful though, because you might drown a seal 
"sense of accomplishment" is an individual thing and each measures it differently.... and hardly something that another should claim or presume to have the ability to measure regarding whether or not it has been earned in the proper way.... |
Believe it or not seals were at one time very rare to see in the Canal, might have been a shark or even tuna or a fish of a lifetime, I'll never know but I will be better prepared to find out if I get another chance.
Also I may be wrong but wasn't the new world record striper found to have 3 hooks from previous break offs? I have a feeling the other three guys that hooked that fish may have increased the strength of their gear so it doesn't happen again.