Ultralight only good fight

By Reeluppermichig... on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 22:08
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Drum, Freshwater
Size: 
26

Went to my local boat launch A Coupul days ago. Thinking I was going to score a small bass or some shiners.  So I packed up my ultralight rod with 4 LB line and some jigs. After a Coupul of minutes I seen this monster drum swimming arouned on the bottom feeding I casted in front of him. And he bit it instantly. It took me about 15 minutes of hard fighting he finally gave. I landed my second drum ever. Ohh and my ultralight broke today with this drum being the only big fish caught on that rod

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andy - Tue, 07/31/2018 - 23:03

Too bad about breaking the rod though...

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smurph - Wed, 08/01/2018 - 15:20

When I was in Alaska I hooked a 35 inchish king salmon on my ultralight, but it didn’t end the same way as yours... wish I caught it and broke my rod ha. Sorry to hear about your rod but nice fish!

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Goldenfishberg - Wed, 08/01/2018 - 16:11

Those big sheap sure are fun to tustle with. I caught a big one on a cane pole as a kid and the pole snapped 3 different times and by the time I landed the fish it looked like I was holding a wooden spoon handle with a line attached to it! RIP your ultralight (hey it's a good excuse to get a new rod tho!) 

Ya just Can't catch um from the couch.

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Divemaster - Wed, 08/01/2018 - 16:45

Everything fights better on an ultralight! For Drum that size I usually go for a medium or medium-heavy rod, so I'm impressed you managed to land it.

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Susquehannock - Wed, 08/01/2018 - 20:39

Aw man that's cool.

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