I lost one this weekend. I went out by myself early Wednesday am when I was on the Cape. Anyway, I usually fish two rods in the morning. One on the bottom, and one with plugs. I had been getting bumps on both and actually had missed a smaller fish on my bait set up because I was fumbling trying to get my plug rod in my sand spike so I wouldn't have to put my reel in the sand. So I reeled in casted some bait back out and decided to go get my rain jacket to put on the ground next to my bait rod. This way if I got another hit I could quickly just lay my plug rod down on the rain jacket. Well, I was up in my car when I heard the line making a deep screaming noise. I looked to the surf to see my rod totally bent over. I just knew it was a big Striper by the way the rod was bent and the line was screaming at a very staedy pace. I had just got my hands on the rod when the line snapped. I had forgotten to loosen my drag after the cast. I always tighten it up before I make a power cast so I don't slice off my finger with the braid. Being so early, and me being so sleep deprived I guess I just forgot. You know how you just know when you lost your big fish of the year and maybe your life. Well this was the feeling.
Hybrid Mode
