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Early one Fall AM two or three years ago, I set up a brand new (cheap, but literally never before used) rod and reel combo in a spike on a small beach in Rockport. It was close to the H2O, but the tide had turned, and the surface was very calm. I then turned to hoof it down the beach a way to set up another, when I suddenly heard a noise behind me. Turning quickly to look, I discovered that the whole bloody setup had vanished! I sprinted back the few yards to where the tackle had been, only to find the empty spike few feet offshore, on the bottom, pointing straight out to sea.
Like a jerk, I'd never adjusted the drag when I set the rig up, only to find out the hard way that it was apparently on tight. A local guide whom I talked to about it told me that a bass as small as 10 lbs. could manage that trick. I hope so; I'd hate to think that it was that first 25 pounder that I'm still looking for!
...painful, painful drag-setting lesson learned.
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