"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"John Lindsey" wrote in message SNIP

An 18 pound bass on a 4 pound line is remarkable!

I agree, that is truly a feat. Everything has to go just right to land a
fish that size on 4 pound.
The only thing that I know of first hand that approaches that feat is my
friend Gil landing a 48
inch muskie on 4 lb. mono after it ate a crappie he was reeling in. It
was a spring time fish and
fairly thin, so it probably only weighed about 22 pounds.
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Steve
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Actually, a good reel and you can go a long time on big fish and light line.
I hooked a 40#+ salmon (much bigger than a 38# I landed on 12#) on a
spinning rod and a rattletrap and 6# mono. Had to boat 3 times and finally
the line broke on the gillraker, line was really frayed in that area, after
2 hours and 10 minutes. Should have put more drag on or made my partner net
it earlier. He said was not ready.
Bill