Serious YFT battle in PV - as in 5 hours worth!!!

Dorado75

Sealiner
I can relate to this a bit, a couple of years ago i sat for 8 hours on a Yellowfin during a offshore league using 6kg line fishing out of Hout Bay, eventually tightened the drag and popped it off.... saw the fish a few times under the boat and estimate 90kg plus!!
 

Hammertime

Sealiner
Yup I hear you.
Hooked up 7:30am popped off just after 2:00.

Now I have a 2 hour rule. After 2hours - SUNSET!

I also took 3 hours on a pissy 50kg fish in league when the Penn 30 Graphite broke and I had to thumb the line on as the handle would not turn but the drag was working.
Nightmare but one fish I'll never forget.
 

Dorado75

Sealiner
[color=#ff6633]Hammertime[/color] wrote:
Yup I hear you.
Hooked up 7:30am popped off just after 2:00.

Now I have a 2 hour rule. After 2hours - SUNSET!

I also took 3 hours on a pissy 50kg fish in league when the Penn 30 Graphite broke and I had to thumb the line on as the handle would not turn but the drag was working.
Nightmare but one fish I'll never forget.

I guess that you have to give up sometime, but when you fighting what could be a record, you just keep telling yourself that it wont take too much longer!!

That was one of the worst moments in all my days of fishing, tightening up the drag and breaking off the fish of a lifetime.... wanted to cry!
 
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