Scott Hammer TOXIC
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Ok, I know I'm going to take a lot of flack for this but as a rule, I don't think we give our little scaley opponents enough of a fighting chance. Now it's one thing to make sure your equipment is "heavy" enough but c'mon reels the size of an SUV winch and line as strong as piano wire doesn't seem to me to be fair. With that being said, I will spool 10-12lb test IF I am going to be fishing a lot of structure because to break off on a snag is much different than breaking off on a fish. Just a few posts ago I commented that I use power pro 20# test 6# diameter for tubes. That is the heavest test I have ever spooled. I tried some 14# on Champlain and it felt like I was throwing telephone cable. So, you catch a 7 or 8 pound fish, why do you need 20 to 30 pound test or higher (excluding the snag factor). You hear about pullin them outta cover, grass, timber, etc., but really is it overkill? I mean, do we really give them a fighting chance? I am mostly spooled with 6 to 8 pound test and I have to say, I can't do a sweeping hookset and just horse them in (I've seen some guys just drag them across the top of the water like they were on a clothline) I have to use some skill before, during and after the hookset and if it's a toad, I have to use the net but you know what.....I don't get upset when I lose one either. Sometimes you win, sometimes the fish wins!! Obviously this excludes the pro's who are fishing for a living (another slam from me on tournaments!!) NO SPORT!! Ok guys, I've got my javelin catcher's uniform on, let um' fly!!
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