Without a doubt this is the best thread in a WHILE!!!! I was down there last year and hooked into what looked to be about a 10-12 pound smallmouth, I fight her for all she has, she is pegged good and starting to tire, she heads up for what feels like her last jump and just as she breaks the surface one of those mutated goats from hogsback comes out of the water surfacing like a killer whale and ***** her down. He plunges right back for the bottom and there is no turning this creature, I flip the TM on high and stay with him until he spools me and snaps me off, I even had my partner fire the outboard up to try to stay with it but it just wasn't happening, its a shame, that would have been one for the wall for sure......