[tkwalker]

Originally Posted by StriperFan

A couple of reasons, especially when fishing OH or one of the trophy fisheries. One, the chance of a huge 50# plus fish is possible. The river environment is ripe with snags, which they like to hang out near/in, and will be the first place they want to go. Second, the idea is to fight the fish to the boat as quick as possible to release as quick as possible. Stripers chance of survival goes down quite a bit if fought to the point of exhaustion. The hotter the weather the worse it is. Has to do with lactic acid build up. I witnessed another fisherman on here have a big fish break off 65# braid because he was set to zero drag, but if he wasn't he would have lost the fish to a log jam anyway. Might have even been 80# braid.

SF, You must have read every post I've made on this site about our trophy fishing in middle Tennessee ... You are right on !! especially the Lactic acid, you must work that tail repeatedly sideways so she can get the acid out of the muscle ... Also I am glad you brought up the size of tackle.. Some point in time every striper fisherman will wish he or she had a broom handle for a rod and cloths line rope for a line especially when old scaly face sounds and heads for the submerged log, but the primary reason is to get the fish in the boat ASAP for the survival of the fish .. ... Good Job ..<'TK><