So Close...

[Airman4754]

I've been told that a 7lb bass straightened out a super line EWG. I can barely straighten one out in a vice with pliers, but that's what I was told. 

[OCdockskipper]

I had a double hookup on a jointed jitterbug once.  The only way I thought I could get both fish in the boat was to lift the lure up by the lip.  As I did, the fish on the bottom pulled the screw out of the lure and escaped.

Since the tensile strength of the plastic used in making jointed jitterbugs is 28.5 lbs, I deduced that the second fish weighed 29 lbs, which was kind of odd because it was about 12" long.

 

17 hours ago, You_Only_Live_Once_Fishing said:

I saw her break me off at the dock. she broke a brand new leader in half that was rated for 8 pounds. no frays. most big bass are females and you're probably jealous.

Aren't most knots rated at 80-90% of the line strength?  

If the new leader broke in the middle, that means that section of the leader was the weakest point.  Weaker than either knot (lure or leader), which most likely were in the 6-7 lb range.  

So, maybe there was a manufacturing defect in the line.  Maybe a no-see-um bit the leader, weakening it.  Maybe the bass had a set of clippers in her back pocket & snipped the line when you weren't looking (Big bass are smart).

All very interesting...

[You_Only_Live_Once_Fishing]

UPDATE:

My friend and i went back out to the same dock today. We did not catch the big girl, but he caught a five and a half, and i caught a 3.5 an a 2.5.

later on i caught there threes and a pike. overall it was a great day...

[roadwarrior]

5 hours ago, Mosster47 said:

I've been told that a 7lb bass straightened out a super line EWG. I can barely straighten one out in a vice with pliers, but that's what I was told. 

Unlikely. I have NEVER had a hook straighten out. Maybe you need to try another brand:  Gamakatsu. Owner. XPoint or Trokar.

[Airman4754]

5 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Unlikely. I have NEVER had a hook straighten out. Maybe you need to try another brand:  Gamakatsu. Owner. XPoint or Trokar.

I haven't either. It obviously didn't happen to me. I hear a lot of stories from the Instagram fisherman. 

[timsford]

Yeah I use a lot of light wire hooks and have never straightened one. I guess maybe if you were using 80 lb braid and an extra heavy power rod and set the hook as hard as possible

[CybrSlydr]

Come on folks - telling a "whopper" is, as I understand it, a time-honored tradition amongst anglers! 

Give 'em a break - 8.5lbs should do it. 

[IndianaFinesse]

Just because your line breaks at eight pounds of pressure does not mean that the fish weighed over eight pounds.  Bass do not simply sit there when hooked, they fight against the pressure and therefore put more than there dead weight's pressure on the line.  A three pound bass can and will break eight pound line if the drag is jerky, set to tight, the line gets rapped around something, or is frayed from rubbing against something such as a boats propeller. 

Not saying that your bass wasn't a beast but the fact that it broke eight pound line doesn't neccesarilly mean that it weighed over eight pounds.  Set your drag with dumb bells or tie the line on the reel to a scale and set the drag to slip at about 1/3 of it's breaking strength like WRB suggested and this will be far less likely to occur again in the future.

[Darren.]

I can appreciate what you want the fish to have weighed.

I had a bass on a brand new 10lb Yo Zuri Hybrid leader,
fresh off the spool, no nicks or any problem as I ran it 
through my fingers. Everyone knows YZH breaks well
over its stated strength...

A "bass" which never decided to reveal itself broke me off
seemingly out of nowhere. Right about 1/2 way thru the 
leader, not on any structure that I know of...my line just
snapped when she decided she'd had enough of me.

To me it was a big bass, and may very well have been a 
PB. But I'll never know because I didn't catch and weigh her.

Another bass I've estimated at 8 lbs tail danced just out of
reach of my net, but I got a good look at her.

Thus I use "estimate". But I will never know for sure, though
I saw it seemingly in slow motion as she slipped out of reach
and danced her way back to freedom. It was big, no doubt,
but my eyes aren't to be trusted as scales...

Keep after her and prove us all wrong!!  

[You_Only_Live_Once_Fishing]

9 minutes ago, Darren. said:

 

Another bass I've estimated at 8 lbs tail danced just out of
reach of my net, but I got a good look at her.

Thus I use "estimate". But I will never know for sure, though
I saw it seemingly in slow motion as she slipped out of reach
and danced her way back to freedom. It was big, no doubt,
but my eyes aren't to be trusted as scales...

Keep after her and prove us all wrong!!  

That is what happened to me, except i did not have the net. i had the bass in my hands. it was much longer and fatter than the 5.5 pound bass that my friend caught. you make a good point that eyes aren't as accurate s a scale. I know it was at least 7.5 pounds. fish that big have been caught in the lake though...

[Tmmytomato]

I would SERIOUSLY doubt a Super Line hook was straightened by a seven pound bass  - or any bass much larger than that. 

I have straightened a Trokar on 20@# braid when hung up. Tokars ore sharp but not the strongest. I have no issues with VMC, Owner, Gammy and Mustad especially in the Flippin' models or lines designed for heavy cover/Carolina Riggin.

[Josh Smith]

I was thinking about this thread after Sunday when The Boy and I went fishing.

A major cold front had just come through and I was fishing heavy cover with the setup I prefer for those conditions, a MH/F hybrid rod with a modified 5500c3 reel loaded with 65lb Power Pro.

A bass latched onto my jig and the fight was on. That critter was pulling HARD -- enough that I was getting excited. Though my drag was locked down, I was half expecting the bass to start peeling a little. I had a bit of trouble controlling it when it ran for weed cover.

When I landed it, I found it was only 12" to 13" long. A very healthy fish, but not nearly as big as it fought. It was more like a 16" river smallie.

Had I been trying to fight it in with 6lb or even 8lb line and a locked drag, there is a very good chance the line would have broken. It was pulling that hard.

Josh

[dallasdb]

#YOLO and his .5 lb increments is cracking me up. 

Are you sure it was 8.5 and not 8.75? 

And the other one you say is 7.5 are you sure it wasn't 8.25?

Not making fun it just gave me a chuckle. I've never heard anyone estimate in increments besides whole lbs.

Anyways, thanks for the chuckle.

[shimmy]

This was entertaining, thank you. You even got the exact length. Not 25 inches, not 23 inches, but 24. I need more practice. 

[everythingthatswims]

You may have not caught the bass, but you caught all of us