04-21-2006, 04:15 AM
OK, here's the senario. You're float or drift line fishing from a peir with a live bait of your choice. You're not using a very large reel, something that's easy to move around, like 250 yards of 20 pound line.
You look down at your rig and see a 6 foot shadow appear at a lightning pace and next thing you know, your reel begins to burn. It's a King Mackeral, and not just any king, but upwards of 80 pounds.
Knowing in the back of your mind there's not much of a chance considering the drag capabilities of the reel and the pound test and line compacity of the reel, what is your first reaction?
The reason I ask this question is i've been in similar situations with large sharks and other game fish that I was completely under tackled for, and payed the ultimate price..........Watching 15 dollars worth of line get drug off to sea, or watch my poor little reel smolder in front of my eyes, welding drag plates together and ripping gears in half. Hard to believe? It happens.
So, what would you do?
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You look down at your rig and see a 6 foot shadow appear at a lightning pace and next thing you know, your reel begins to burn. It's a King Mackeral, and not just any king, but upwards of 80 pounds.
Knowing in the back of your mind there's not much of a chance considering the drag capabilities of the reel and the pound test and line compacity of the reel, what is your first reaction?
The reason I ask this question is i've been in similar situations with large sharks and other game fish that I was completely under tackled for, and payed the ultimate price..........Watching 15 dollars worth of line get drug off to sea, or watch my poor little reel smolder in front of my eyes, welding drag plates together and ripping gears in half. Hard to believe? It happens.
So, what would you do?
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