Have You Been Spooled? Here's a tip to stop it.

[WillCFish]

We've all been spooled at one time or another. Here's a way to minimize that. 

[Paul Czarnecki]

I'll be the first to throw the BS flag on this one. While the technique "may" work with 60-80 feet of line out I hardly think a king nearly 300 YARDS away is going to feel you "tapping" the rod. Wire might impart some vibration to a fish that far away but mono certainly will not.

For years big marlin anglers have simply turned the boat to put a belly in the line. The drag of all that line coupled with the drag of the reel pulling the fishes head to one side will stop anything. It works on 1000 pound marlin and it works on 28 pound kings.

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[Legacy]

I'm calling shenanigans! But you can bet I do it on every fish next year. Ill try to convince everyone on board that it's an ancient native American technique that allows you to communicate with the fish. It was handed down to me from my grandfather who was a tribal fish whisperer.

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[LongLine]

You're supposed to raise the rod tip high & smack the butt of the rod!  One good chop in front of the reel will allow line to go slack; hurt like heck; knock the rod out of your hand; break the rod; or hit the guy clearing other lines in the head.

 

Tom B.

(LongLine)

 

(Ancient native Americans had rods & reels?)

[Has Been]

Stream fishing for years I bang on the rod when the fish gets in brush,gets  wrapped around something,   or turn a screamer around and it work a lot of the time.Another  trick is to take the pressure off & sometimes they slow down. And yes, I hit the rod on the blank above the forehandle.

In the stream if you take the pressure off & feed the fish loose line, it gets behind them and pulls from downstream & the fish will swim right back up to you all by themselves. Done this MANY times & it works!

Edited December 21, 2014 by Has Been

[ontherise]

I don't think snagged fish count!! Jk!ðŸ˜

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[WillCFish]

No shenanigan here! I've fished King Salmon many times and it works on long lines. A fish's lateral line is like an electrical conductor and even with mono or flouro line they're gonna feel it at a long distance because it's like small jerks on the line that's go through their body. Just for an experiment, tie some 30# to your tooth (turn and start walking away) and have a buddy pull it tight from a couple hundred yards away and then thump on the rod. lol That'll answer your question.I think I already belayed any doubts. 

[ontherise]

Ok I tried your your experiment and it hurt like hell! The worst part of it was when my buddy tried putting my tooth back in my mouth. OUCH!

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[Big Water]

Here is my buddy's solution to being spooled. Tie it to your rod and throw it overboard.

Edited December 24, 2014 by Big Water

[Fish Hunter]

Next time we have a screamer hooked, I'll give it a go, and actually makes sense to me.

[skipper19]

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Here is my buddy's solution to being spooled. Tie it to your rod and throw it overboard.

Thats a great idea! ...Like in jaws1..lash 3 beer kegs to yer rod.

"He can't go down!...Not with three barrels on him he can't"

[jason]

I know this works for me in the river

Edited December 30, 2014 by jason

[WillCFish]

I like the idea of tossing over a bottle with the rig Big Water

[dvdegeorge]

I'm in the camp of using enough line and or backing not to worry about being spooled

Edited June 29, 2015 by dvdegeorge

[skipper19]

"Spooled ya say...can't say as I ever been spooled."

"Been spooned a few! HA HAH!"

"Here's ta swimin with bow legged women"

[skipper19]

[Skippers Trophy 01]

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Here is my buddy's solution to being spooled. Tie it to your rod and throw it overboard.

Anybody ever tried this?

[jigstick]

" Chief!  Get the Scoop!! Out of the Bucket !!!  Wet the reel !!!!! "

[Sk8man]

Geez I tied it to my rod and threw them both overboard and it didn't work....any advice?

[skipper19]

Geez I tied it to my rod and threw them both overboard and it didn't work....any advice?

Les!...ya gotta attach a gps tracker and flashing strobe to it .."(Hooper style kegs)"..like those repeat tournament winners do. It will follow your trophy salmon around until it gets tired and just rests. Then track it ..and your 5 lb reel of copper and 900 feet of backing that got spooled!!...you know it's gotta be a trophy salmon and tournament winner cause ya got "spooled"...wait:angry:...i remember that didn't work for me either..:unsure:..Somebody else snagged my rig and it's on another boat now.. I used one of those mylar balloons that said I love you on it, and Ray homed in on that thing fishing in the buff. I just let him have the thing. I didn't want to get tagged by OMGANOTHERSHORTFATBALDONE!..:(:rolleyes:

[ray koziatek]

 Istill have that barbie pole you lost

[wishinfishin]

shouldn't you guys be in the comics corner? lol

[skipper19]

Istill have that barbie pole you lost

It's ok Ray, it was pink...matches yer cheeks. I got a new Buzz Lightyear fully illuminated chromium plated one.B)

[Yankee Troller]

Getting spooled is cool! Why would you want to stop that? That story will eventually turn into how you hooked into a Marlin in Lake Ontario 30 years down the road. 

 

Seriously though, this guy just played you guys. Now you're all a bunch of "rod tappers!"   

[Paul Czarnecki]

Getting spooled is cool! Why would you want to stop that? That story will eventually turn into how you hooked into a Marlin in Lake Ontario 30 years down the road.

Seriously though, this guy just played you guys. Now you're all a bunch of "rod tappers!"

I said it first!

Now all I see is people running drags WAY too loose and frantically tapping the rod butts and line melts off the reel. Lmao.

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