LawDog
06-01-2015, 07:44 PM
Reels screeming, I start pedaling hard and count down. I grab the rod and flip the bail. Hook set. Reel is still screeming, there goes the top shot (it's worn short) now my spectra backing is peeling out. I start making some ground...and then the kelp. I can feel it. That grimy subtle vibration you can feel in the line. I pop a few strands, and boom dead stop. I'm caught good. No big deal, I'll get it in time. Then all slack. I reel like mad. Maybe in turned and ran towards me...one can hope. Then I feel it... Is that my fly lined Mac on the end? NO it's a damn 6" calico perfectly mouth hooked with a 5/0 hook.
That was the toughest SOB in the ocean. Have him a kiss on the head and told him not to get too big or next time he will rip me off my yak.
That was the toughest SOB in the ocean. Have him a kiss on the head and told him not to get too big or next time he will rip me off my yak.