Wow, 700+ feet of line behind the boat is a lot of line.
nice fish. i would switch that setup to 45 pound copper. less line drag, less than half as much line out, way better hook sets. still has its own set of problems
Holy mother! Great fish!Doesn't sound like fun on the return trip but at least you had back-up to help make the weigh-in. Any luck placing?It is amazing everything that we could spend on this hobby of ours, isn't it? I've resisted temptation recently, only replacing flies which I've lost or have become too beaten up to resemble anything edible.
At the mouth of the river at Sebago in the Spring, it's East to West unless you want a beating from the rest!
Great fish. She must have been happy. Was the derby winner only like 18 pounds combined for 5 fish? My buddy mentioned it. Was going to fish it, but lost the wheel bearing in my truck and was without wheels on Sat.
Yep, the winner was just shy of 18 pounds.Everybody struggled to get those heavy legal fish Saturday.I fished the same spot Friday and caught 3 under 23" that were between 4 and 5 pounds, I thought I had it figured out.
theres too much bait sized salmon in the lake for the big ones to feed on. had a good fish on a few weeks back, lost it near the boat only to find an 8 inch mauled up salmon still on the lure