Best summer (So Far) Story of 2009 Contest - win pluggage

[JoeBass]

Just a couple weeks ago, during the first week of August, I had an amazing experience. Was in my buddies boat with my son off the Maine coast. My son was using a zubiki rig to catch Macks for bait. I'm sure everyone knows, but just in case, a zubiki rig is about 6 feet of line with 7 flies tied about every 10 inches along it. He was doing well, catching 4, 5, even 6 Macks at a time. He yells to me, "Dad, of got a mack on every hook!" Sure enough, his rod, with 30 lb. test is bent over and you can see the macks down 15 feet flashing silver. He starts to bring it up and WHAM!!!! his rod is almost pulled out of his hands! A striper has engulfed one of the macks! Then wham again! He's got 2 stripers on! Well, now the line is ripping out and a third striper's on. Well, you guessed it, before long he's fighting a whole school of stripers - 7 of them! It took 2 hours but he landed them and released each one. 20-25 lbs each.
Has this happened to anyone else?

[Slipknot]

never heard of that happening before Joe but I see it is possible. I've used a Sabiki rig but the pound test line would break if a bass hit the bait, I guess the zubiki rigs have stronger line. That must have been quite an experience

[piemma]

Originally Posted by JoeBass

Just a couple weeks ago, during the first week of August, I had an amazing experience. Was in my buddies boat with my son off the Maine coast. My son was using a zubiki rig to catch Macks for bait. I'm sure everyone knows, but just in case, a zubiki rig is about 6 feet of line with 7 flies tied about every 10 inches along it. He was doing well, catching 4, 5, even 6 Macks at a time. He yells to me, "Dad, of got a mack on every hook!" Sure enough, his rod, with 30 lb. test is bent over and you can see the macks down 15 feet flashing silver. He starts to bring it up and WHAM!!!! his rod is almost pulled out of his hands! A striper has engulfed one of the macks! Then wham again! He's got 2 stripers on! Well, now the line is ripping out and a third striper's on. Well, you guessed it, before long he's fighting a whole school of stripers - 7 of them! It took 2 hours but he landed them and released each one. 20-25 lbs each.
Has this happened to anyone else?

Yeah, all the time while I'm sleeping. Are you telling me you had 7, 25# bass on 1 rod and reel and you landed all 7? So let's see that's 175 pounds of fighting bass on 30# test. must be a world record.

I have some land in Florida that is nice and dry to sell you.

[DZ]

Slip, Piemma,

I think JoeBass has submitted that story for category 4.

DZ