12-17-2003, 06:05 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Numero Uno to landing BIG fish….. (Polokid knows this one)[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Breathe through your nose and say to your self “it’s just a fish”[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]More fish are lost to people getting too excited and trying to hurry than any other reason. If you hook a good fish the natural reaction is to get excited and hurry. You have to realize this and correct the behavior. Once you do, you’ve got it made. The rest is technique.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Take your time and let the fish tire himself out so he’s not as active at the hole. Most BIG fish are lost at the hole because you are trying to get him out and he’s thrashing like a mad dog. Let a fish get some leverage against the ice and chances are you’re going to lose him. We lost the biggest mack, I’ve personally ever seen at Bear Lake, because the kid who hooked him got in a hurry and tried to get him out too soon because he saw the fish and went stupid. He started trying to pull the fish through and that big mack still had plenty of steam.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]This is exactly the reason I like lower geared reels so you can keep the pressure on a fish but not bring him up too fast. Nothing like grindin’ and wearing a big fish out before trying to handle him.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Most BIG fish have a pretty good reserve of strength left especially when they see the boat or the ice hole. Be prepared for it. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Big fish are hard to bring through by yourself. Resist the tendency to try and lift him through yourself. Either have your buddy in position to help you or wear the fish down so you will be able to handle the fish with one hand because your other hand will have the rod in it. Lip Grippers or and of the lip clamping devices are great for grabbing a toothy fish but be prepared when you touch a tired looking fish that he will thrash so you got one good shot before he starts thrashing again.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][/font][font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]If you have the potential to catch BIG fish, max out your ice hole to the largest legal size. It’s easier to pull a 20lb mack or 30lb musky through the largest legal size ice hole than through that 6” or 8” hole. [/size][/font]
[signature]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Breathe through your nose and say to your self “it’s just a fish”[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]More fish are lost to people getting too excited and trying to hurry than any other reason. If you hook a good fish the natural reaction is to get excited and hurry. You have to realize this and correct the behavior. Once you do, you’ve got it made. The rest is technique.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Take your time and let the fish tire himself out so he’s not as active at the hole. Most BIG fish are lost at the hole because you are trying to get him out and he’s thrashing like a mad dog. Let a fish get some leverage against the ice and chances are you’re going to lose him. We lost the biggest mack, I’ve personally ever seen at Bear Lake, because the kid who hooked him got in a hurry and tried to get him out too soon because he saw the fish and went stupid. He started trying to pull the fish through and that big mack still had plenty of steam.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]This is exactly the reason I like lower geared reels so you can keep the pressure on a fish but not bring him up too fast. Nothing like grindin’ and wearing a big fish out before trying to handle him.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Most BIG fish have a pretty good reserve of strength left especially when they see the boat or the ice hole. Be prepared for it. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Big fish are hard to bring through by yourself. Resist the tendency to try and lift him through yourself. Either have your buddy in position to help you or wear the fish down so you will be able to handle the fish with one hand because your other hand will have the rod in it. Lip Grippers or and of the lip clamping devices are great for grabbing a toothy fish but be prepared when you touch a tired looking fish that he will thrash so you got one good shot before he starts thrashing again.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][/font][font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]If you have the potential to catch BIG fish, max out your ice hole to the largest legal size. It’s easier to pull a 20lb mack or 30lb musky through the largest legal size ice hole than through that 6” or 8” hole. [/size][/font]
[signature]