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I hit the spot pretty well today although my stubbornness with top water cost me. I got the first on on a tsunami shrimp with pro-cure shrimp under a popping cork. That was released because there was so much action I knew there would be bigger ones coming. Famous last words I know but I didn't have interest in a gamble just to have meat from a 18" fish (actually that's the eyeball ruler number). I had at least 10 drum roll on, boil at and swallow my various top water offerings but when I knew I had about an hour left and still no red drum on the stringer I pulled out all the stops. The second one I got on a Rapala rattle something that I bought at the 50% off bin at a local tackle shop. It is an irritating thing to fish but I suppose drum like the vibration. I "customised it" the with a feather I found in the wire grass. I've taken to getting these feathers when I see them and I jam them into the split ring. They hold the pro-cure very well and this thing barely touched the water and the 24" drum (real ruler) inhaled it. I was on pins and needles because I had three other drum on top water plugs today as well and they all got off after a decent fighting time. I can't figure it out. I never gave them slack, nothing broke, they just unate the hooks? Brand new crushed barb size 2 4X treble hooks too. I still say three hooks allows fish to "leverage" out of being hooked sometimes. One was pulling so hard I knew I had it then boom, Nothing. Still a lot of fun. This one I kept has taken my Penn battle 1000 to its limit I think. The reel sounds poorly after I landed the fish. Maybe I need a 2000-2500 for these puppies?
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