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When's a fish too big to catch on a float tube?
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Hi there TubeDude,

Some of the monster halibut pics one can see via the bay boys tells you that really big, and exceptionally strong, bottom hugging fish who know how to turn their entire body to the current can be taken. Of course, that's a 40 minute to an hour fight. Best strategy on those is to literally stay near straight up from fishy and pray for deep water in my experience.

For other big species, your post has enspired me again. I just realized I don't have sturrips on my tube. If I had sturrips to slip my finned feet into (already got the design on that one as being open on one side) and a lanyard to hold on to with one hand I could raise up and lean way back toward the front of the tube, kinda like the way the guys lean on the opposite side of a sailboat when it's about ready to tip over when a really large, fast fish hits.

Let's see..... there's gotta be somethin' out in the garage as I don't think PVC will take care of this one.

JapanRon
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Re: [TubeDude] When's a fish too big to catch on a float tube? - by JapanRon - 09-20-2003, 10:45 PM

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