what to do with really energentic big boys?

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1

hey nebe.. your suggestion worked great. didnt hook into anything nearly as powerful tonight. but i had my share of tugging matches. i felt alot more comfortable having a bit of stretch to work with. plus none of the hooks ripped out tonight. one of the blues actually fought so hard it ripped its gills out.. i dunno how that happened.. my hook was on the other side of it mouth. but it snapped all the connections to the lower lip right off.. damnedest thing. i had to bleed him out and give him away. he was in bad shape. but the hook didn't rip out... lol.

Thats great! I am glad i could help you out. I went through this problem 2 years ago when i was fishing nightly and was into big fish often- I was dropping a lot of them and realized why... no bounce- The ironic thing is this year i have dropped a bunch of nice fish because i have been too lazy to rig up that leader set up-

When Im in the groove so to speak I learn not to take chances, but if Im not, and fishing is a luxury not a given nightly event, I tend to get less methodical about the details- I focus more on wondering where i should go to find the fish and not about "I know there are big fish here, now i am going to bring the meat stick and heavy terminal tackle".