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Old 09-27-2006, 12:17 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Professor Moriarty
I would think hooking a starfish is way more challenging than a bass.
It is far more common than you may think - when you do hook one it sometimes feels like you have a good bump and then hookup. It then becomes a serious pull to free it from whatever it may be hanging onto and then bringing it in. They sometimes will take drag as if you have a fish. It is the current running that causes the drag.
What I cannot figure out is why the starfish doesn't let the hook pull out, when it is easily dis-lodged when you have them onshore. Sometimes the hook is well in beyond the barb and a light tug will tear it right through the skin. Not the case when horsing them in.
NIB - I am sure you had a big cow on and not a starfish as Skip tells it. You should have saved the lip and mounted it for show and tell.

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