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Originally Posted by jad2t
That would hurt to have to do that and never know what it was! Why not let it just drag you around in the kayak until it tires out? I've only had to do that one time, many years ago when I lived in south Florida. Flats fishing in the Keys with my father, I hooked into something huge as the sun was going down and literally 15 minutes later was still fighting it and didn't really feel like I had made much progress. Who knows what it was. Sun was going down and the tide was going out so we had no choice to break the line so we could avoid spending the night on the flat.
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Jimmy I only do that when I am pretty sure it is a Striper. I can...and have landed many Smallies at the 4 to 6 pound mark with that line. When in the kayak it is much better as it is like having a fail safe drag. I did play a Striper one time after he had stripped off almost 200 yards of the SOS 2# test mono. He weighed almost 10 pounds. But it took a while for that fish to come back around. I am usually below Pickwick Dam fishing for white bass or big Gills when that happens. You can tell immediately what it is. Just don't want to kill any fish if I can help it....but one never knows what will hit the TM.....no matter where one is fishing.
Regards