YOWSER! Nice fish there alpha! Had to be lotsa fun with UL and 2# line.
Don'tcha love that helpless feeling, watching your reel getting spooled, and you, having to watch your bailout point, both coming up fast, knowing that you are screwed. FISH WINS!!!
Had the same thing happen to me from the bank at OHD. Hooked into something (throwing 1/4 oz jig, 4" white and chartreuse slider) that ran upstream for a bit, I turned it, got it withing ten yards of shore, then it turned and headed straight across the river. I was using thirty # braid and screwed the drag as tight as I felt prudent. And I was quickly getting spooled and it wasn't slowing down. Like you, I just pointed the rod straight, grabbed the spool and squeezed tight. The line never broke, the knot never came undone, the jig hook finally straightened out. So I got my 150 yds. of braid back, saluted the fish, tied on a new jig, and continued on, not knowing if it was a striper, catfish, carp or monster drum. But one thing was for sure, the fish was the master that night.
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