Daaaang, anytime you snap a rod fighting a fish that becomes a heck of a story 😂. Way to still land her though! If you're going to stick around with the hobby I'd definitely recommend getting a scale though. I went cheap on my first one and the clip broke in my bag - I didn't find out until I went to pull it out after catching what ended up being a 6lb 11oz fish. Luckily I just happened to have a friend with me to help pry the gripper open or I never would have been able to weight it. Moral of the story, I'd recommend getting a mid-range scale ($30-50) that way when that new PB comes along you can trust you'll have a way to document it.
If that is a 7-8 pounder the picture doesn't do it justice but with all the other rod adversity going on sometimes it's hard to get a great pic... way I see if if you didn't have a scale to prove otherwise that thing was probably more like 12-13 lbs 👀.
If that is a 7-8 pounder the picture doesn't do it justice but with all the other rod adversity going on sometimes it's hard to get a great pic... way I see if if you didn't have a scale to prove otherwise that thing was probably more like 12-13 lbs 👀.
