The "Take!"

[numbskull]

I got raped one night by a major fish that exploded on a big skin plug in the moonlight when I was undergunned. When back next night with the heavy artillery. Same spot, same sweep, every muscle tensed in anticipation, had a take and hit it as hard as I could. A 3 lb bass came flying through the air and landed 1/2 way back to me. OK, maybe not 1/2 way, but a lot. That's the one I remember the most.

[Rockport24]

topwater is pretty cool, but I gotta say, after you lower the rod tip to the bass (a.k.a. bow to the cow ) on a take on an eel, then haul back and feel that weight and the drag starts singing.... man that is awesome

[bassballer]

i would have to with a swimming plug. When your slowly reeling, and feeling the wobble of your plug, then in an instant. BANG, rod keels over and line start peeling then the battle is on.


Crossing a stripers eyes with an eel is a pretty damn good feeling too.

[Paul/NH]

I might catch a ration of sh!t here as a newbie and also for my vote:

but for the actual take itself, I like the jarring hit of a 20+lb bass hitting a jig on wire line. Yea - in most "real" fishing circles jigging wire is reserved for comments about 'the other googans out there' but that instant when a big fish hammers a jig you are popping along with the rod in your hands and absolutely no stretch in the line.... I like it.


After that initial jolt - well, wire loses a lot of its attraction other than being effective.

Paul

[BigFish]

There is no right way/wrong way, good way/bad way here Paul....just your way! If thats how you like it its good enough for me!

[Paul/NH]

Maybe Im too sensitized from other boards...




My actual favorite striper fishing is light tackle spinning with sluggos or casting with plastics on jigheads, but I pretty much do the whole gamut from chunking and a little live-lining and tossing eels all the wayup to pulling the dreaded wire!!

[Squibby17]

Great thread Larry, it makes me remember how I used to catch fish.

As far as take, well there all good but my favorite would be on a fly. Because your actually pulling the line with your hands it gives you a true feeling of a fish hitting. After the initial hit feeling that line scream through your hands and laying into the fish is priceless.

The meat fisherman in me still loves a good bump on the eel. Open the bail and get ready to set the hook. As most of us know more often than not there is a good fish on the other end of the line.