SPOOLED

[stiff tip]

linesides, u had me untill the 90 lb thing ... i knew joe too, mored his boat next to a doctor friend at fal harbor . joe was a good capt...

[PoPin Plug]

haha yupe....


i forgot i was useing my freshwater rodoke: ...... thought it was hudge i was like wtf when i finaly saw it

[sokinwet]

Two tall tales... both when I was a youngster fishing with my dad. First was when I was about 10 yrs. old fishing for schoolies in Quincy Bay with my dad. I was using a "Ted Williams" Sears trout rod and reel w 6 lb. test and hooked into a fish right at Sunken Ledge. We knew it was a big fish and started following in the tin boat when the line was just about gone. I fought the fish for a "little kids lifetime" and it took us out past the gut toward Brewster Spit before I finally started gaining some line back. I worked the fish back to the boat until it was straight down under the boat. We finally saw the fish and my dad estimated it was in the 40 lb. class. No monster but to a 10 yr. old it looked as big as a car! I couldn't pump it in with the little rod even though it was just laying there half dead about 20 ft. down but gave it my best. One good swipe of the tail as I was pumping and the 6 lb. broke and off it went. I cried for an hour!
Second time it was my dad at bat down in Woods Hole fishing Hoochies on wire at night. We had been catching a lot of big fish but this one was something else. The fish took us out of the Hole towards Buzzards Bay into the darkness and took my dad down to the backing several times. (if you say fish can't strip wire you don't fish wire enough!) My dad would work it back in and off it would go again. After about the 5th big run the line went slack and my dad reeled in a hoochie with a broken bead chain. We figured it was definately a big bass from the way it fought; just like all the others... only on steriods! My dad taught me a few new vocabulary words that night...which I still use on "rare" occasions today.

[eelman]

Right down to the knot? Nope I dont think that happens, I cant imagine anyone standing there watching 200yards of line get taken right to the bottom of the spool...I think its more a term for losing a big fish or a way to relate how big a fish was etc, Sure fish will break you off after maybe a goooooood run but truly spooled? no doesnt happen in my opinion, Nor has it happened to any fisherman I have had this conversation with , we always laugh about that "being spooled" anyway, I have caught fish from 53lbs on down and was never in a situation where I thought I might be spooled and end up with no line, I have had fish I could not turn right away but those always busted me off long before the spool looked anywhere near depleted.......


Most spoolings if they do happen are most likely some other type of fish...Schoolie tuna, Sharks, etc....or a bad case of complety lose drag..........

[eelman]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Tuna. I've seen it happen quite a few times

I never had a fish take me down to the knot---but only because I went for broke and busted off. I nearly got spooled at Montauk about 8 years ago. That, too, was a tuna, I think. School BFT. There were reports of them around that night

I want to see the bass that can spool me when I'm using my All Star 1209 and Saltiga 6000

yup, never to the knot and you are right , I also think those are rouge school tuna etc...

[fishaholic18]

Spooled? No. Could have been? Yup. Won't let it happen, PP's too $$$...Gotta put the breaks on b4 she spools ya. If she breaks off..You wouldn't have got her anyway..Could have gotten spooled a few times one night..Sharks I think, cranked the drag, palmed the spool, fought the battle for a while then POP!!!!

[LINESIDES]

Originally Posted by stiff tip

linesides, u had me untill the 90 lb thing ... i knew joe too, mored his boat next to a doctor friend at fal harbor . joe was a good capt...

The 90s were not seen from Joe's boat. They were seen from my own boat. It does not make any difference weather or not any one believes me or not. I have nothing to gain here. I will stand by my statement. These were not fish that got away and I said, only if I could have seen that one. I have seen them both. They were a few years apart, and that’s all I can say about it. My other mentor always told me, Quote: always tell them the truth, they wont believe you any way, and that will keep them guessing where we really were and what we were doing.

[nightfighter]

Used to run a 28' Pursuit Denali for charters. Took the owners out to fish twice a year, twice for family outings, and into Boston on Fridays to work. That was it for him on the boat, all summer! The boat was mine to use after that.
Anyway, one Friday, heading back from Boston to Marblehead, I got a sbft to take a big tin, and it was off to the races. I couldn't reach the controls and fish, as I was alone.... Thought I was about to turn him and he went into warp speed. Older Penn 6500 series I believe, with 20# mono.... Cup it, reach for port engine throttle, cup it, reach for starboard throttle. Exciting but expensive last 20 seconds. Drags washers were disimilar metals and the heat kind of welded them together....
Boat is gone too.....