I'll tell ya'... I learned a valuable lesson last night... If you are going to head out with dull hooks, don't bother going!
A couple of us headed out of Pleasure Beach in the yaks last night to pull a TnW around. I tied on my trusty Bubble Gum rig that has taken over 100 fish in the last couple months.
We paddled for a while, while the tide turned, and I finally hooked up. (Of course Nils had a good dozen by then. LOL!) In any event, it was a schoolie that shook the hook right at the side of the yak. Then, a good hour went by before I got my next strike. And, what a strike it was. This fish hit me like a freight train! Turned me right around and started takin' line like it thought I had a 500 yd spool on there. By far, the biggest fish I have ever had on the end of my line! Well, it was a tuggin' as hard as it could, for a few seconds, then... limp. Yup, it spit the hook.
Now, a smart fisherman would have figured out that the hook was dull when the schoolie spit it the first time. And, a not-so-smart fisherman would have figured it out after the monsta' spit it. But, not me! After I got done wiping the tears from my eyes, I put another worm on and cast it back out. DUH! A few minutes later... SLAM! At least this "fight" went on for about 3 minutes. Then, you guessed it.
So, I finally decided to tie on a new rig
and went and caught eelgrass the rest of the night.
Lesson learned! Sharp hooks... Don't leave home without them!
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