I don't fish alot of tournaments so I'm not too pressured. However; I don't like loosing fish either. I have honestly reeled in 10 foot gators on ten pond test. The drag will do that for ya. I did lose a nice gar yesterday though. Bit that Trilene right in half at the boat. Last year a friend of mine and I were flipping. He hooked a super hog.. After a while she layed on top of the bent over cat-tails. She was at least 9 pounds.Thick fish. She had swallowed the worm so it wasn't coming out. She was just out of reach.About 1 foot out of reach. I was extended as far as i could reach. She had gtten the boat stuck in the reeds.If it was my fish I would have gone in after her. The fish slowly moved her head back and forth...the sandpaper like mouth slowly cut the Trilene in half. He started crying as he watched his trophy slowly fan her tail backward back into the lake. TOOOOO Bad.
Chuck