Originally Posted By: eyeFISH
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The battle was rather pitiful.... there was almost no load in the rod thru most of the battle. While Ploeger was being interviewed mid-fight, the rod tip was only bent half way to the ferrule at mid-shaft.... about what an 8-10 oz cannonball would accomplish.


When fighting a BIG fish, what part of "deep heavy bend in the rod" do folks not understand? Good thing I wasn't the "guide" in that boat. I'd'a been all over that guy's a$$.

Pull GDI!
Pull HARD!
JFC! I said H-A-R-D, GDI!
You're NOT gonna break the f'n rod!

I got little girls that'll make a rod bend better than a lot of the grown men I take fishing. Seriously, I wanna see it bend right to the corks.

Like this....

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