08-01-2020, 05:22 PM
Pat, You have done way more fishing than me, almost anywhere on the planet. That's a fact I'm happy to agree with. But I have heard this comment from you, aimed in my direction, and in others, enough times that on this occasion I must take exception and make a reply to it.
"No doubt about it. Those serrated edges on the pectoral fins ain't line friendly...or fisherman tissue friendly neither. I read TinCan's post...and just shook my head...again. Fish don't break lines...fishermen do. With poor quality line, undersized line, poor knots, improper fighting techniques, etc."
As I stated in my report of that specific incident, I WATCHED that Cat roll over and weather by shear dumb luck, or learned response, I saw the line go around her body at least twice, and on her very next lunge her fin compressed back into her body, and the line snapped. That was an obvious Catfish caused line break. It was well above where the swivel clip was tied on. That clip had just been retied that morning to line I had checked for abrasions, finding none. There were no other knots in that line, and I SAW the broken (cut) line still attached to the clip, attached to the lure, securely stuck in the fishes lip just as it disappeared back into the water.
The line I was using (12 lb. mono) is what I have spooled on the poles that I dedicate to trolling at Willard Bay for many years. I re-spool ALL of my reels every year with new line. My 2 WB trolling poles have #12 Clear Blue Florescent (to allow me to see them better), my 5 River and Utah Lake Cat poles have #50 braid, and I have 4 or 5 general use poles for local community ponds that are spooled with #6 also [b]Clear Blue Florescent. [/b]
I don't believe my WB poles with #12 are "undersized line" or poor quality line. The size and type and brand of line you use is that of your personal choice, as is mine. But just because YOU choose something different than what I choose, does not make yours the perfectly correct choice, or make mine all wrong. And what could you possibly know about my fish fighting techniques ? You have never fished with me.
I was fishing Willard Bay in an effort to boat a couple Wiper or Walleye. The #12 long line trolls better from my boat than others I have tried. So it is my choice weather you or anyone thinks it is right or wrong.
I will say one semi-positive outcome of that incident.......when I lost that first Cat, and KNEW I HAD SEEN THE REASON, I tied on a new swivel clip, then clipped on a 2 foot #50 braided leader, then a new lure. Did that to both lines. No more problems.
"No doubt about it. Those serrated edges on the pectoral fins ain't line friendly...or fisherman tissue friendly neither. I read TinCan's post...and just shook my head...again. Fish don't break lines...fishermen do. With poor quality line, undersized line, poor knots, improper fighting techniques, etc."
As I stated in my report of that specific incident, I WATCHED that Cat roll over and weather by shear dumb luck, or learned response, I saw the line go around her body at least twice, and on her very next lunge her fin compressed back into her body, and the line snapped. That was an obvious Catfish caused line break. It was well above where the swivel clip was tied on. That clip had just been retied that morning to line I had checked for abrasions, finding none. There were no other knots in that line, and I SAW the broken (cut) line still attached to the clip, attached to the lure, securely stuck in the fishes lip just as it disappeared back into the water.
The line I was using (12 lb. mono) is what I have spooled on the poles that I dedicate to trolling at Willard Bay for many years. I re-spool ALL of my reels every year with new line. My 2 WB trolling poles have #12 Clear Blue Florescent (to allow me to see them better), my 5 River and Utah Lake Cat poles have #50 braid, and I have 4 or 5 general use poles for local community ponds that are spooled with #6 also [b]Clear Blue Florescent. [/b]
I don't believe my WB poles with #12 are "undersized line" or poor quality line. The size and type and brand of line you use is that of your personal choice, as is mine. But just because YOU choose something different than what I choose, does not make yours the perfectly correct choice, or make mine all wrong. And what could you possibly know about my fish fighting techniques ? You have never fished with me.
I was fishing Willard Bay in an effort to boat a couple Wiper or Walleye. The #12 long line trolls better from my boat than others I have tried. So it is my choice weather you or anyone thinks it is right or wrong.
I will say one semi-positive outcome of that incident.......when I lost that first Cat, and KNEW I HAD SEEN THE REASON, I tied on a new swivel clip, then clipped on a 2 foot #50 braided leader, then a new lure. Did that to both lines. No more problems.
"OCD = Obsessive Catfish Disorder "
Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder