what to do with really energentic big boys?

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Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1

...so i just sat back and prayed it would turn.. ...

From what I read, your mistake isn't your tackle....it's your technique ...you can't "sit back and pray" it turns..., ,, YOU have to turn it, ...and if the drag was screaming continuously for over 350 yards....you had a boat .....even turning a fish sideways helps. In some of the areas that I fish...I have to almost "Pin-Ball" the fish in. There are so many boulders...if I "sit back"...he's gonna crotchet me a quilt. You have to know where your line is...and how to angle your rod in order to leverage him in the direction you'd like him to go in. Even "footballs" pause long enough to turn. We ALL enjoy hearing the drag scream but you have to pay attention and SEIZE the moment when it comes. As soon as he shows a sign of pausing or changing direction, lay into the pole

That big fish owes you one. I think your confident in your tackle -which increases the confidence in yourself, don't go changing it now. Any loss of confidence will work against you. Now is NOT the time to lose confidence in tie-ing knots your not comfortable with. Work on knots, longer leader casting and hook theorys in the winter-time. ...just my thoughts, (which don't count for much as I don't have a clue )

Good Luck -

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

Even "footballs" pause long enough to turn. We ALL enjoy hearing the drag scream but you have to pay attention and SEIZE the moment when it comes. As soon as he shows a sign of pausing or changing direction, lay into the pole
Good Luck -

thats the problem here.. he didnt pause.. it was.. a slow take.. set the hook.. SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM . after 2mins i was in dis belief. the other had run pretty good but this thing was like literally nothing i have ever hooked into. he was right in the middle of the current. and just heading out to sea. no turning. no feelable thrashing about. just pure head on swimming. really all i could do was hold onto the rod. which was a struggle in and of it self. it was quite the sight. when i turned to my buddy with the look of "what do i do?" his look was just as perplexed. then he was like.. "dont let it do that we keep losing em" but really had i stopped my spool. i guarantee it would have instantly snapped. had the hook just stayed i could have landed him as soon as he paused.. but the problem is the hooks not staying in that long. it comes out in the middle of their first run. its crazy. only him and i laying into them. (the place is unfortunately packed.) we just happen to have the one spot in the water. so it would get messy if i started running back and forth.

but its odd. cause a guy next too me landed a 25lber and that thing was no where close to as frisky as these things. he got it in like 5 mins with only 2 little runs. so i cant imagine what we've been laying into. either MASSIVE blues. small footballs. or 50lb bass. though i think the later would be too lazy to take off like that. plus i would think they would feel bulkier. this particular one (more so then the others) felt like a torpedo. i didnt get out tonight. but tomorrow i shall try and repeat.

i am really bummed. but at the same time excited. honestly the thing had me scared straight. i did panic but it ran for so long that eventually i got my bearings. but it was still going. then pop.. just like that the line went limp in the middle of the run. i thought my clip snapped or my knot failed or something lame. but nope the hook simply came out.

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Here's the solution: Next time you head out, bring Mike Laptew with you. He can wait below and film the culprit while at the same time show you exactly what happens. He might even use it in his next video "Stripers gone HAY-WIRE"....

I've had "Charlie" straighten out a few hooks in my time....so maybe it was a "Charile"..............Bring a reel that can hold 1,000 yards.