06-16-2007, 10:59 PM
Yep, that was the strangest method I've ever used to catch a wiper. After the first wiper ripped the line from my reel, I thought this second wiper with just doing the same until I reeled in my lure and instead of a wiper I found a bunch of line. My first thought was, one of the other lines we had out, had the wiper on it and it just got caught on my lure as it was making it's mad dash for freedom. After we reeled in our other lines, we found that was not the case, so we hand reeled that fish in. By the amount of line we pulled in, it must have spooled the fisherman that lost it. There was a small loop on the end of the line, where it looked like it had the been tied on a level wind reel. The wiper was 20 inches and it looked like the lure had been hanging in it's mouth for a few days but not too long. It was a fun way to end the day on the bay.
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