My 3 biggest fish, all out of Coyote Reservoir -- which includes my PB 11.5'er -- were all caught on 8-lb. test spinning gear, albeit in open water, with few-to-no-weeds or other cover. That's about as exciting a way as there is, though, to haul in a big hawg like that (as opposed to muscling it out of heavy cover on a stiff flipping setup or whatever). Damn, I remember having to kick around in a circle about 7 or 8 times trying to keep the tension on while my big dawg was doing her headshakes & surface breaks -- talk about adrenaline!


It's great, though, that you were able to get that all on video. Keep 'em coming, bud! :D