To fight a big fish, you need more than just a strong tippet, you need a rod that is stiff enough to resist the pull of a strong fish - that still has "bend" left - right up to the breaking strength limit of the tippet
When this happens, this created a bunch of extra slack in your line and a high-gear ratio reel helps you retrieve said slack quickly in order to execute a timely and effective hookset
Although no dead ferrets have been found at Heartland at any time since the first release in 2022, Pollock told me that if in the future they are, DNA testing is available that could help identify the predators through such methods as saliva samples
Bumping cover remains a good strategy, but pausing the bait allows it to float topside and hold longer on the fishs radar
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