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10-15-2014, 03:33 PM
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Congrats!!!
 You flipped too??!!
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10-15-2014, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
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Thanks for sharing your story, in the end, it all seems worth it.
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10-15-2014, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: 1-2 miles off the point
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Sweetness! Let's keep this "Summer" going!
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10-15-2014, 03:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Oceanside
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Awesome fish, this summer just seems like its not going to end.
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10-15-2014, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Awesome! Hope this years influx of inshore beasts become a new set of homeguards for the next couple years. I stress much more the entire fight when I have not retied than I would for the 2 minutes of lost fishing time from the retie. But I still continue to put it off
 
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10-17-2014, 06:05 AM
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Location: Nor Cal...30 min from Bodega/Tomales Bay, 1hr from Clear Lake, 2+ hr to Berryessa & the Delta
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Quote:
 I can tie on a new hook with a Palomar in 30 seconds. On a boat there was no sense in trying to retrieve the hook so I always wrapped the line around my ankle and "snapped" the hook off or cut it off to force me to retie. Trying to retrieve a hook can take almost as much time as tying on a new one! Also after getting wrapped in kelp I take my line and run it through my fingers "feeling" for frays. It is' a necessary evil. There's nothing like bringing a huge fish up only to feel the  and upon checking your line it broke at a frayed spot!  It took me a couple of 3/5-day trips and many lost fish to figure that out! (Along with some ribbing from the skippers/deckhands I knew or the ones that knew I would take it in stride). By the time I went on my first 7-day on the RP it was drilled into us by the crew after landing each huge tuna (150#'ers+ on that trip). I lost a couple at color that were estimated over 150lb. Then one over 200# (estimated at 225# on a 10-day Excel) after working him for just over 2 hours(?) and almost being spooled twice on my 50SW, because I hadn't checked the line after landing my last fish(that one I'll always remember as that would have been my personal best!)  With the size/type of fish showing up out here, I'd be out there with fresh line (not used more than 3X or any top-shot). Knowing the amount of talent here on this site I would not be surprised, if someone really wanted to...I'm sure that someone could have a chance to set a record! FFY 
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10-17-2014, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: yorba linda
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Can a dropper loop be tied using flouro? Or is it too brittle to do?
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10-18-2014, 04:12 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Nice fish and nice old school report
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10-15-2014, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: W of 5
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Not flipped over. Gotta be careful of my phrasing.
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