Passingbye wrote:
I have a pretty strong catfish rod and reel with 30lb test and pretty sure it would snap it, but I watched an older black lady pull in an 80 pound flat head using a Zebco 404 outfit sitting on the rocky bank of Lake Arrowhead in the state park. She needed help getting it in. The 100lbs Flathead I caught on my jugline last Summer pulled the jug right out of my hand and drug the weights like they were bubbles, fought her alone let it drag my 16 ft. heavy Sylvania glass around to tire it out, his head barely fit into my net and nearly broke my back to hoss it into my boat. That 131-pound blue is one hell of a fish! I don't deliberately go after monster fish, they're not fit to eat and probably won't survive being out of the water that long. Next monster cat I catch, I'll take pictures, weight it and return it for another day.
I have a pretty strong catfish rod and reel with 3... (
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