You got it right. Most of them are using the high tech, small diameter lines, like Spider Wire, and othe kevlar varieties in the 30# plus range Without those tiny lines, they don't catch as many fish , (fish see the bigger diameter lines too easily), and without the heavier poundage line, there's no horsing them in. A plus for the fish is that, they don't tire themselves out fighting as would happen on a lighter poundage line. Lastly, those fish are kept in an aerated, temperature controlled livewell and the percentage of fish that survive catching, storing in a livewell and weighing at the end of the day, and then being released is upwards of 95 %. The BASS tour has made studies which bear this out.
JD ******************************************************************************************************************* DonO wrote:
Jimmy, I watched the Bass-masters on TV Sunday morning and have a question. The bass being caught were in the 4-6lb range- really nice fish. But the fishermen were hauling them in vey quickly, like an average of 6 seconds or so, as I timed them. Are they using such heavy gear that they just over-power the bass? They sure didn't seem like much in the fighting dept.? Only one or two of them gave them but a second's resistance at the surface.
Curious mind wants to know. I've caught nice bass in La, and they fought way harder than those did.
DonO
