Yes good job Gutz.

I hooked a 10#er just behind the dorsal while mooching herring with a 7' to 7.5' leader. I got the fish within sight of the boat in a reasonable amount of time but every time that I would reel the lead close to the tip top, the bend in the rod combined with the leader would not allow me to get the fish close enough to the boat to reach it with the net and the fish would just swim away. Eventually when we were both dead tired and I finally managed to drag him on his side and sideways close enough to the boat to get the net in front of him I netted him. I don't know how long it took but it was quite a while and I felt blessed that a seal didn't take it before I got him into the boat.