06-12-2007, 05:07 AM
I have the Johnson Century Combo and the reel says 200B on the bottom below the button. Originally 8 pd. test line and well now it has 12 pd. test trilene. I landed the big one with it today though. It was a huge channel catfish. Not striper. Well anyways I got it in the guy at work told me to use what I had pull the pole up and don't let it out and let it back down slowly and wind up the slack quickly so there isn't any. It worked perfectly but I got it beached and well the thing was so big and when I went to drag it in further with my hands it flopped and knocked me down and it flipped back into the water and I dove after it and well my face hit off a rock. I have little bit of a fat lip and scraped chin and elbows. He slipped through my hands I about cried. Oh well what can you do. Although I got more bites I just could not land them. They broke my hooks in half. The knot on the line Held perfect and it did not break at the knot. The line did not break. I still can not believe I messed up and let it get the better of me. Oh well I will go back tomorrow and try again. My face still hurts. It had to have been around 3 feet long. It is the biggest fish I have ever seen come out of the lake. I am going back tomorrow and hopefully I can land it and keep it on land. I am so crazy. It was so much fun fighting that fish. My dad did not believe me when I told him but he called my younger brother and my younger brother said yeah there are ones that big and bigger back there. So I am not sure if he believes me or not. Wish me luck. I am goint to move to the catfish board and try tips there.
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