"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
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My first guess would have been a carp, just the way it took off instantly,
I just caught one recently that took off like a bat out of hell and ripped
off probably 50 yards of line before he finally gave up. If you snag one of
them in the tail, then it is on!

I was thinking carp but I've never known them to really strike lures let
alone lures that are speeding through the lake like a bat out of hell. If
anything I think I might've hit the tail, like you said. I still hold to my
"police sketch".

Christopher