Ever been spooled?

[timmah]

Yes many times in my lake, when fishing for largemouth at night at least 4 or 5 times i have been spooled by pike, it has always been when i am not prepared for them with heavy gear, whenever I've used heavy gear, not a bite, I use the light spinning rod and line, and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzppph.

All but one were on jitterbugs at night, with one in the day on a big rapala.

I have also landed a few big ones on light tackle but I was in a boat and could follow them.

In the salt, a few times on Block mostly due to being under gunned.

[FishermanTim]

I got spooled by the harbormaster in Duxbury Bay while fishing from the Powderpoint bridge.
Luckily he was able to free my line when he stopped.
(He was on a call, so I knew it wasn't intentional.)