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Donkey Wipers At Milford 25-Aug-2012
Fearful of the 70% chance of thunderstorms I decided to fish from the bank Saturday evening. The water was dead calm and on the 3rd cast the water exploded around my lure like a stick of dynamite exploding!!! After battling the fish to the bank and releasing him this was repeated several times! I was using a new 9'6" salmon/steelhead spinning rod and was just starting to like it when one of the beasts decided to take off and snap my rod in 2 pieces! A quick retrieve of my second rod by my 11 yr old daughter and I was back in business!! Ended up catch and releasing 10 big wipers, missing 5 blow-ups and having 3 come unbuttoned before I could land them!
Oh yeah almost forgot, I had one take off and break my 20lb Suffix 832 braid like it was 2lb mono!!!
Here's the one that broke my rod... sorry for the pic,my daughter took it with her cell phone!Attachment 99803