FAVORITE FISH to catch and why

[Sea Bear]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Never did that before Sea Bear. I love topwater fishing and it must be a rush to see a 50 lb tuna come after your popper. Talk about pucker factor

Something I definately want to experince but with someone else on the pole... Same thing with Giants. I'll hook the fish and gladly hand it off to someone.

A man (old out of shape man) has to know his limitations

Haha

As far as I'm concerned, 50-125lb tuna are perfect size for catching on "popping tackle". After that, you're either a beastly fisherman (not most people and not myself), a little bit crazy (myself), or you get yourself a "spin strap" so you can get set up in a harness/belt, but I'm usually too stupid/stubborn for that.

Last spring some of the tuna chasing our poppers were 300-400 pounds
I hooked up twice and both times the fish spit the hook on the initial run.
It was strange how happy I was to lose those fish, but I knew I would have been in big trouble, lol

Maybe this fall you can join me for an inshore BFT casting trip, if for nothing less than experiencing the "thrill of the hunt", and then you can say you've tried it before.