What's up guys. New to the forum!
Just a little tale for all you fellow inexperienced LJ fisherman. I was out yesterday afternoon. Tons of excitement going on. Birds diving, big boils, bait screaming for their lives everywhere. I personally didn't have much luck. But I got an enormous greenback on a 5" swimbait on my bass rig. It fought like a f'n freight train. Still had a blast though.
Anyway on my way back a dude in a new kayak waved me down.
"Do you have a gaff?!" he yelled.
"I don't!" I shouted as I started charging over to him.
I saw a bunch of splashing around him and thought maybe a thresher. As I got close I instantly realized he had a nice
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"What do I do?!" he said.
"Sh*t I don't know!" was the best I could come up with. I thought of the video of Darkhorse Cn'Ring a yellow.
"Maybe grab it under the gills and slide it into your lap"
So he handed me his rod and gave it a shot.(finally I had a yellow at the other end the rod I was holding!
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So he grabbed it and slid it in his lap like he'd done it a thousand times!
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Here's how he did it:
-He had one rod. An older, two piece, medium action spinning reel.
-15-20lb mono
-He caught the bait(greenback) on a small Krocodile (Don't think he'd even heard of a Sabiki yet)
-Cut off the Kroc, tied on a hook and started towing the little guy around with him
-Was on the phone and had some CCR blastin on the radio when he heard some splashing behind him
-By the time he got a hold of the rod his tiny reel was almost spooled! Got it just in time and the fight began! The rest is history.
Nice F'n Job Jerry!
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Some spearos confirmed it was in the 20lb range