Long Odds

[h2ofishfo]

I trip out on how you use bass gear

[smokie]

Nicely done! Congrats!

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by h2ofishfo

I trip out on how you use bass gear

Give it a try sometime, you'll like it.

[h2ofishfo]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

Give it a try sometime, you'll like it.

I have. not for me I don’t like bringing knives to gun fights . Cause you will lose eventually. But kudos for that biscuit

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by h2ofishfo

I have. not for me I don’t like bringing knives to gun fights . Cause you will lose eventually. But kudos for that biscuit

I guess it just depends on the type of knife and who's hand it is in? And technically, they are salmon rods.

Seriously though, there is nothing in our local waters, that I am looking to catch, that I could not handle with these rods. And there is lots of stuff that I get to the kayak that I would probably not with heavier rods.

[Iceman]

lighter rods definitely put the "sport" in sport fishing. No doubt on the lighter tip keeping hooks from tearing out. I remember one morning in a squid bite seeing tons of hooks pulled on those WSB mouths, guys horsing em like they would a big YT.

[h2ofishfo]

Originally Posted by Iceman

lighter rods definitely put the "sport" in sport fishing. No doubt on the lighter tip keeping hooks from tearing out. I remember one morning in a squid bite seeing tons of hooks pulled on those WSB mouths, guys horsing em like they would a big YT.

yep I hear you I use trevala rods rated for 20-50 have a lot of bend . But Greg’s Looks like a Calcutta on a bass rod. Hook a 100#+ thresher it’ll smoke those gears. I’ve done it with tuna but I guess those salmon rods are meant to bend like that for downriggers

[Iceman]

one thing I have noticed is with bigger fish sometimes the harder you pull the harder they do.

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by h2ofishfo

yep I hear you I use trevala rods rated for 20-50 have a lot of bend . But Greg’s Looks like a Calcutta on a bass rod. Hook a 100#+ thresher it’ll smoke those gears. I’ve done it with tuna but I guess those salmon rods are meant to bend like that for downriggers

I have been spooled exactly 1 time on my Calcuttas, and never had the drags burn up on a fish. I have done the 100#+ Thresher, and probably well over 200# BSB on those little Calcuttas. But those are inshore species I am not interested in targeting anyway. The rods I use are not intended for downrigger fishing either, but I can understand your confusion.

[makobob]

Great catch Greg and I agree those Calcuttas are great for our fisheries. Tight Lines amigo.

[ful-rac]

This is great news for the program!

We always turn in our heads with fingers crossed, hoping we get a tagged one. All I gotta say is wow! Congrats....CHAMP!