[wopfish]

I havnt had the experience off pulling up a large feisty fish - like a kingy or a spanish mackeral - if they decide to go straight down into the deepths and your drag is set to tight or sticks are you in danger of flipping over in the yak?

Regards

Wopfish

 

[andybear]

Hi Wopfish,

I have never been in that very lucky situation, yet.....But I am afraid, by my calculations, it won't matter whether it is a kingfish or a nuclear submarine.....In the end, somethings gotta give. Either your stuff breaks, you let go, or you hang on so tight, you sink, or get pulled out of the yak, go water skiing or whatever. The rules are if nothing breaks, you stay connected and go with it. For practical purposes, if your rod is kept pointing forwards, you will find it hard to capsize, and you should follow more easily in case the submarine/fish tires.

I hope this helps

Cheers Andybear :lol:

Edit: Very good idea to have the rod pointing forwards for another reason.... if the line does break, you have less chance of doing a backward somersault over the opposite side and into the drink...

 

[Billybob]

I prefer threadline (spin) reels because it's pretty hard to lock the drag up completely, so it minimises the risk.
Reality is though, if you have a large 'green' fish close to the yak you should have already backed off on the drag in case it decides to dive straight down. If it does, and your drag's tight, you'll probably go with it.

 

[Zed]

It takes a LOT of drag to pull you over.
The gear it would take to physically pull you in, just isn't appropriate for a yak, anyway. (e.g. a 50W or so) Now when the line parts and you go over the other side...that's another story.

EDIT: what Andy said.

Z

 

[Billybob]

Forget I said anything.

 

[Sunhobie]

:lol: