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08-19-2004, 06:55 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Painful Lesson Learned
Always, and I mean ALWAYS recheck your @$#%!& Drag.
Fishing this morning I hook into what Feels like a really REALLY good fish then it hits me that he's not taking any line. I reach for the drag to loosen it and POP!!!! the line snaps. 30lb Big Game and it snapped like nothing.
I had cranked down the drag because of a snag on the last cast and then forgot to reset it when I casted back out. This was after I had another decent sized fish throw the hook after about 2 minutes a 1/2 hour earlier.
DOHHHH!!!!!!
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08-19-2004, 07:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Taunton, MA
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Hehe...
Happens to the best of us...  |
"Remember Amateurs built the Ark -- Professionals built the Titanic."
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08-19-2004, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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Yep , been there , done that! 
Also , double check the drag at the beginning of every fishing session. Sometimes when the reel has sat around for a few days , the drag gets stuck for some reason. Always loosen , give a few pulls , then readjust for the night. |
Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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08-19-2004, 07:57 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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When I was about 14 my father and I fished a blitz at a beach in Newport, big bass, lots of redweed... got balled up in weed, cranked the drag, cleaned the line... cast out my popper (probably on a wire leader  I was dumb then)
and my drag started screaming..... then pop!
Too bad... he took a mid 30lb fish.... probably would have been my first shore 30...
Almost 12 years later still stuck in the upper 20's for shore fish.... 
makes me mad just thinking about it....
Last edited by RIROCKHOUND; 08-19-2004 at 08:13 AM..
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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08-19-2004, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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I've lost several fish on big runs this year. The kind of run where you wonder if the fish will stop long enough to get some line back. I haven't had my 50 pound braid or my 30 pound floro leader fail yet. But on 3 occasions the hook has just pulled after fighting the fish for several minutes. Very frustrating. I too, need to check my drag more often. mY probelm is I tend to cinch it down every now and then to get more leverage around the boat on smaller fish that are heading for the prop.
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08-19-2004, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Dude, thats a drag.
sorry i couldn't help myself  |
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08-19-2004, 09:54 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Ahh Your entitled....You have to be getting a little punch drunk from lack of sleep |
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08-19-2004, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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doh! |
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08-19-2004, 10:34 AM
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Let's Rock!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wareham, MA
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Nice pic Eben....Congrats!!!!!
Got 2 in the oven right now...can't wait!!
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08-19-2004, 12:12 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by partsjay
Nice pic Eben....Congrats!!!!!
Got 2 in the oven right now...can't wait!!
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Congrats to you too Jay (and the missiz) |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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08-19-2004, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
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Ihave been fishing a looser and looser drag all year. Thats what its there for, esp. with braid.
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08-19-2004, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally posted by partsjay
Nice pic Eben....Congrats!!!!!
Got 2 in the oven right now...can't wait!!
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2 in the oven! you are a lucky man! have a smooth pregnancy and good luck with the birth |
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08-19-2004, 03:17 PM
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Location: .
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08-19-2004, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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2 ? 
Im glad Im done with having kids in this life .
congrats and good luck with the babbbbies |
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08-19-2004, 03:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: North River
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Congrats Jay,
They are in the same oven right? |
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08-19-2004, 05:05 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
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Quote:
Originally posted by partsjay
Got 2 in the oven right now...can't wait!!
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Congrats on the double-header!
My most common problem is leaving the drag too loose, so when my 1st hit of the night comes, i try to set the hook, but the reel just lets some line out & the plug stay put. |
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08-20-2004, 06:33 AM
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Let's Rock!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wareham, MA
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Thanks,
Ya WJM they are in the same oven.  It wont be for a while, not till after the New Year. Still have this year to fish. |
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08-20-2004, 09:18 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: North River
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Hi Jay,
My twin boys turn 16 in Oct, It's been one hell of a ride.
Sleep now or forever hold your peace
Bill |
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