Last year I had a 8.5 lb bass hit a lure a couple feet from the kayak. She made a B-line straight under my kayak. ;(
There was nothing I could do but pray the drag was set right. Well it was and I had a time to back it off a little more to eventfully land the bass.
Fast forward to yesterday and I was bass fishing another local lake with the same rod/reel combo. I threw the lure and it hit about 1' from the bank. As soon as the lure hit the water it looked like a piece of dynamite had went off. Water went everywhere!!! I watched as my line started pealing off towards deeper water.
all I could think was I finally had my 10lb bass.
Well for the next ten minutes I spent playing the fish in 6-8'' of water crowded by trees,stumps,lay downs, and thick moss on the bottom. She drug me around in the kayak going in and out of trees. My kayak was bouncing of trees, getting wedged, and me almost falling out from having to move the rod around a tree she went around.The fish had me around a branch at one point and I was for sure she was hung up and gone.
She came lose from the limb and I got my first glimpse of my "trophy bass". NOT......
It was a 7' foul hooked carp hooked in the tail..LOL.... Well I had went this far I figured I would keep the fight going for another five minutes.
The end results was a 7lb carp caught on a great rod with a reel that has a sweet drag..
Oh one more thing to add. The reel was loaded up with 4lbs Mono!........
