To say the set up was not to my liking would be an understatement, not sure how anyone could even ketch a fish with such a combo . the rod tip been broke off and a tip clued on 1 inch from the second eyelet . 15 foot maybe of braid on the spool and the drag that was either full on and or totally absent , coupled with a super cheap bait caster rod and an EVEN cheaper open faced reel on it ! :banghead:banghead:banghead
So when I bent down to try and move a minnow bucket out of a hole I like to drop jigs into as my jig settled into the location I thunk might have a good one , a fish just HAMMERED my jig and the proverbial stinky hit the fan :Rofl
Now was it ugly you might ask , I would say so far past ugly it aint even funny ! Me and the fish went at it and due to the fact there was no room to get into a fight with a 16 inch agitated crappie on a short lead and TOTALLY dicey equipment , I opted for old school hand to hand combat mode , never mind being all serious angler like and get with the PUT THAT FISH IN YOUR HAND MISTER program .....:Rofl
This particular big ole fishee got reeled in hand over hand and the bestest part is the braid never did get a chance to cut me finger digits all up in the battle !:crazy:
I do in fact have a witness and it could get better , the plastic was gone when it hit the deck and the hook bent WAY out , the angle of ketchn mercy was upon my right shoulder though and in the end as it often occurs ....
KABOOM was the word ya"ll :highfive
p.s. even though I love to embellish a fishee story or 3 a lil bit , this is pretty much totally factual ....:cool:
