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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
I guess thats more what I was envisioning;
a 100yd run after a 150yd drift...
even still; lot of line.
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Just the drag of 150 yds of line alone can be difficult to recover. I used the repack the line on my reels when in the boat. 250-300 yards of line behind your boat with nothing attached to the line puts one hell of a pull on the line. What I'm saying here is once you give a certain amount of line out you're fighting a fish in addition to large amounts of friction over the length of your line. I'm sure there’s a combination of current in relation to the amount of line you have out that creates pull. I would guess around 200 yards it gets real strong. That's been my experience. There is a point of no return, which is why a lot of guys fish with locked drags and try to stop a fish dead when fishing current.
I'm not saying Chris didn't have a big fish, either. There is a point where you’re odds dwindle substantially though. This past summer was case in point for me.
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