Spooled again

[RIROCKHOUND]

SD;
I can understand, especially if you had 150+yd out on a drift already, in which case they would pull 100yd or so (still alot)
but.
250 or 300yd is hard for me to understand as bass pulling off....
300yd is a LOT of line.
case in point.
we troll 50's for tuna, this year loaded them / 600yd of 80lb braid and ~200yd or 80lb mono topshot. 200 yards is a lot of line...

case in point
two Big-eye tuna on the troll @ 7-8kt this season, one in the 180-190 range, one mid-200's. they took A LOT of line, especially as we were clearing the other lines, but neither took us into the braid.

whats my point.
either you hooked the next 60 or 70, or a spunky bass of smaller size;
or it was something else....

who knows, right?

[Back Beach]

Chris,
It happened once to me this year. I had 100 plus yards of line out and 250 total on the spool, so technically 150 yards could be erased if you're in big current. In that scenario, it doesn't necessarily take a world record fish, either.
It also depends on the angle you're fishing. In other words, if the fish is directly down tide from you in the current, it’s feasible this could happen. If you're fishing the spot I'm thinking of and you were to the left of the big rock, I could see it happening, particularly if it was the middle of the tide and you have a lot of line out prior to hookup.
I vowed to wrap the line around my sleeve and pray if a fish gets deep on me again. Try getting perpendicular to the current too. If you’re left of the rock, walk over to the right as far as you can go and get the fish in an eddy.
I feel your pain, Bro. Get out there for another crack at em soon.