Split thread: Lunkers on a Trout Rod

[scottw]

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

Some thing have to be learned, experience will give you the ability to decipher what I'm saying....

The internet has given many a sense of accomplishment which they haven't earned....
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I think I can decipher this....you hooked a seal at the Canal once and got spooled and are so determined that it will NEVER happen again that you've loaded up with things like 80lb line and a VS 300 which are overkill in any bass situation..... but, to each his own....anyone fishing "lesser" gear is not adequately armed and probably not experienced enough to understand why you do what you do....that's cool....must really take the fun out of catching 99% of the fish that actually end up on the end of your line throughout the season, but who fishes for the sport of catching anyway?..it's the challenge of...(I admit, I lost you there) be careful though, because you might drown a seal

"sense of accomplishment" is an individual thing and each measures it differently.... and hardly something that another should claim or presume to have the ability to measure regarding whether or not it has been earned in the proper way....

[ecduzitgood]

Originally Posted by scottw

I think I can decipher this....you hooked a seal at the Canal once and got spooled and are so determined that it will NEVER happen again that you've loaded up with things like 80lb line and a VS 300 which are overkill in any bass situation..... but, to each his own....anyone fishing "lesser" gear is not adequately armed and probably not experienced enough to understand why you do what you do....that's cool....must really take the fun out of catching 99% of the fish that actually end up on the end of your line throughout the season, but who fishes for the sport of catching anyway?..it's the challenge of...(I admit, I lost you there) be careful though, because you might drown a seal

"sense of accomplishment" is an individual thing and each measures it differently.... and hardly something that another should claim or presume to have the ability to measure regarding whether or not it has been earned in the proper way....

Believe it or not seals were at one time very rare to see in the Canal, might have been a shark or even tuna or a fish of a lifetime, I'll never know but I will be better prepared to find out if I get another chance.

Also I may be wrong but wasn't the new world record striper found to have 3 hooks from previous break offs? I have a feeling the other three guys that hooked that fish may have increased the strength of their gear so it doesn't happen again.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

I have a feeling the other three guys that hooked that fish may have increased the strength of their gear so it doesn't happen again.

Or you'll pull the hook trying to horse them in on tuna gear....

[ecduzitgood]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Or you'll pull the hook trying to horse them in on tuna gear....

It's all technique and when was the last time you saw an 11' tuna rod, infact my rods couldn't possibly apply the pressure that the line can withstand. I also have never broken a rod because there is more to the use of a rod than just pulling as hard as you can, there is a feel for what the rod is doing (it's hard to put into words).

Have you ever lost a plug because of a wind knot or birds nest? I don't anymore

Have you ever lost a fish that when you think about it a longer leader might have prevented the loss? I don't anymore

Just because my line is used for tuna doesn't mean it's just for tuna.

Fly fishermen say they care and I'm sure they do, but a 50-60 pound fish with a stainless steel hook in it's jaw might think otherwise, even with a brain slightly smaller than mine.

[saltydog]

Light Tackle for STRIPERS, YES Ive done it at P.I. just to prove a POINT to another guy . the next day we meet an three of us took my friends boat out,an I took my
3' ultra-light with 8lb p-line, an some clams we drifted the rip line out front from the point out towards the mouth, at the beginning of every drift I dropped the line in w/ the clamae on it an NO WEIGHT it would sink down after about 15-20 foot drift an BANG FISH ON.
we had to chase the fish to get it to the surface an the a quick release. this took place on every drift. till the clams were gone. outher boats would cut in on the drift an try to hook up.none ever did. but as they drifted down we would start an BAM on again, it was a fantastic
morning, but NOT at the DITCH.
GOOD LUCK GOOD FISHIN

[striperman36]

FUNNY FEESH!!