06-13-2004, 03:28 PM
I haven't had a line brake in a couple of years since I started doing two things: I always check my line after ever fish to make sure there are no abrasions that might brake in the heat of battle, Second I leave my drag semi-loose, enough that the fish can pull out line but tight enough that they can't run too far. The big wipers we caught last week in Nebraska were the same way, give them their head but make them work for it. After loosing that big wiper yesterday to a bad swivel, I wonder if they make stainless steel swivels? One thing I forgot to mention yesterday, we saw some surface activity for the first time, it wasn't much but one wiper even came up in the prop wash right behind the boat. I'm still learning how to use my new fish finder but I was marking a lot of fish, maybe shad, a few feet under the surface. WH2
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