Nice story, and pics. I believe the sign post story. Prove it wrong, and I will think otherwise. And as far as line class, there is guys fishing steelhead with 4 lb. test for an hour and a half. I think if the fish was that big it would have popped your line or took off til you popped.

Ive had hookeps on steel that just shredded my 12 lb. test in five seconds. All you get is a tug, a turnaround and the fish starts swimming and thats all she wrote.