06-28-2001, 01:53 PM
I encountered my first huge GT on my last deep sea fishing. It tore off all my line from my Penn 6500 spinning reel. I was using Berkley Whiplash 30lbs braided line ( 300yds ) with another 100 yards of mono backing. Though I tried very hard to pump the fish during the initial run to halt its advance, I could not even get it to stop and take a breath. The initial run was also the final run, my reel was smoking and eventually ran out of line. I would appreciate if anyone could help me on this so that my next encounter with this fish will be fruitful. I was using a 8" Medium Heavy rod at that time. Thks. <br><br>