04-03-2012, 02:14 AM
If the drag is tight enough to wear down a "fresh" fish, then the same drag setting is certainly more than tight enough to land a tired fish! Think about it. You can't get a fish to the "ready to land" stage without enough drag. Then, the fish should have less energy!
Don't mess with your drag after you've fought the fish. Certainly, don't crank down as the "fight" goes on. Set it and live with it. When the fish is ready, you can "land" it, net it, or do with it whatever you want to do. This goes for tarpon, bass, snook, trout, or whatever.
I speak from experience here, 30+ years of giant trout, salmon, tarpon, snook, bass, pike, all the flats fish, . . .
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Don't mess with your drag after you've fought the fish. Certainly, don't crank down as the "fight" goes on. Set it and live with it. When the fish is ready, you can "land" it, net it, or do with it whatever you want to do. This goes for tarpon, bass, snook, trout, or whatever.
I speak from experience here, 30+ years of giant trout, salmon, tarpon, snook, bass, pike, all the flats fish, . . .
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